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Evaluation of Higher Education

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Types of Evaluation Systems

Due to the growing awareness of the need of systematic evaluation schemes to assure and ensure the quality of popularized higher education, the following schemes were stipulated by laws.

Self-Assessment: The School Education Law stipulates that all universities, junior colleges, and colleges of technology must check the conditions of their own activities,discover areas of excellence or in need of improvement in achieving objectives, and strive to improve their quality.

Certified Evaluation and Accreditation : It is also mandatory for all universities, junior colleges, colleges of technology, and professional graduate schools under the School Education law.
Outline of certified evaluation and accreditation >>

National University Corporation Evaluation : This is a performance-based evaluation of national university corporations and inter-university research institute corporations as to their performances against their annual plans and the attainment of each mid-term goal.
Outline of national university corporation evaluation >>

List of Certified Evaluation and Accreditation Organizations

[As of April 2008]

Universities	- Japan University Accreditation Association (JUAA) - NIAD-UE - Japan Institution for Higher Education Evaluation (JIHEE)
Junior Colleges	- Japan Association for College Accreditation (JACA) - NIAD-UE - Japan University Accreditation Association(JUAA)
Colleges of Technology	- NIAD-UE
Professional Graduate Schools	- Japan Law Foundation [Law Schools] - NIAD-UE [Law Schools] - Japan University Accreditation Association(JUAA) [Law Schools] - ABEST21 [Business] - Japan University Accreditation Association (JUAA) [Business] - Japanese Institute of International Accounting Education (JIIAE) [Accounting] - Japan Institute of Midwifery Evaluation (JIME) [Midwifery]

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