2002 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
The Effectiveness of the Management of Undergraduate Programs on the First Year Experience
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13610292
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Educaion
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| Research Institution | Nagoya University (NU) |
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Principal Investigator |
IKEDA Terumasa Center for the Studies of Higher Education, Professor (CSHE), NU, 高等教育研究センター, 教授 (90117060)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
TODAYAMA Kazuhisa School of Informatics and Sciences, NU, Associate Professor, 情報文化学部, 助教授 (90217513)
NAKAI Toshiki CSHE, NU, Associate Professor, 高等教育研究センター, 助教授 (30303598)
CHIKADA Masahiro CSHE, NU, Associate Professor, 高等教育研究センター, 助教授 (80281062)
IDE Hiroto Research and Development Center for Higher Education, Nagasaki University, 大学教育機関開発センター, 講師 (70324374)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2001 – 2002
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| Keywords | First Year Experience / Effective Management / Study Skills / Freshman Seminar |
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| Research Abstract |
The enlargement of the opportunities in higher education has driven the population of college students toward much more diversified one. In accordance with these phenomena, the concept of strategic management on how to improve a first year experience is getting more importance as an agenda of management in a global context of higher education.,
It is true in Japan that university people have got to understand the importance of the first year programs such as guidance, orientation and freshman seminar. But, they have few experiences to practice first year programs in terms of the concept and method of strategic management which emphasize on the programs as part of four year programs and the improvement of performance standards at the exit of undergraduate education.
In this study, we paid much attention to the two countries of the United States and Australia which have accumulated the studies and practices on the first year experience. And we tried to survey the present trends and its achievements of the first year experience programs in these countries by case study.
As a result of this study, we indicate the following features ;
(1) To develop the first year experience programs including both of in-class and out-class activities,
(2) To enrich staff development programs and faculty development programs for the first year programs,
(3) To prepare systematic information/content on study tips and strategies
(4) To apply a new approach of strategic planning theory to the first year experience programs.
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