Study on Political Issues of Quality Assurance of US Higher Education: Focusing on Learning Outcomes and Credit Hours

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25381156
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology of education
• Research Institution: National Institution for Academic Degrees and University Evaluation
• Principal Investigator: MORI Rie 独立行政法人大学評価・学位授与機構, 研究開発部, 教授 (00271578)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 学習成果 / 単位制度 / アクレディテーション / 高等教育政策 / Gainful Employment

Outline of Final Research Achievements

As results of this research project, the researcher in chief published papers on peer-reviewed journals on 1) strengthened quality assurance policies by the federal government through the credit hours system and their impact and 2) development of competency-based education in the time of expansion of higher education budget. In addition, 3)the researcher in chief co-authored a paper on the gainful employment policy, focusing on its impact on for-profit institutions, to be published through an appropriate journal.

Free Research Field

比較高等教育論