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Annual plan

The 2012 academic year

  1. Create the Global Human Resource Development Center, the core organization in charge of implementing and operating the program. Establish relevant school rules/regulations.
  2. Revise faculty course regulations to increase the number of required English classes by two credits. Implement the ACT program. Introduce conversation-oriented self-directed learning software and an automatic English composition grading/correction system (Criterion). Ensure that the proper operational structure is in place for these new resources.
  3. Prepare to make the necessary modifications to core elements of the entrance examination so that the university can use Eiken, TOEFL, TOEIC, and other scores as supplementary resources when selecting students for admission.
  4. Work on initiatives designed to develop global human resources, such as the Global Women's Education Program, the GREAT-Ocha seminar, and international industrial internships. Also, take steps to form networks with women's universities abroad.
  5. Establish and design the rules and systems required for initiatives set to begin in subsequent years.

The 2013 academic year

  1. Implement the new foreign language education curriculum (including ACT). Increase the number of English education credits and establish a system that geared toward helping students improve their communication skills through a learning guidance program that incorporates self-directed learning (to be conducted on a yearly basis).
  2. Administer the TOEFL ITP test to all students and analyze the results to determine the appropriate standards (to be conducted on a yearly basis).
  3. Provide guidance on international study and establish promotional programs such as an individual consultation system. Collect applications from students interested in studying abroad, guide the students through the process, and provide follow-up guidance after the students return to Japan. Take applications for study abroad scholarships and select recipients (to be conducted on a yearly basis).
  4. Expand and implement summer programs in English. Launch the Japanese Education Program (to be conducted on a yearly basis).
  5. Implement initiatives designed to develop global human resources, such as the Global Women's Education Program, the GREAT-Ocha seminar, and international industrial internships. Also, take steps to form networks with women's universities abroad (to be conducted on a yearly basis).
  6. Hold a faculty development workshop, send faculty members abroad, and take other steps to improve the university's global education capabilities. Send staff on training programs abroad and conduct SD on campus (to be conducted on a yearly basis).
  7. Have the Global Human Resource Development Center conduct a self-evaluation/self-inspection at the end of every academic year (to be conducted on a yearly basis).

The 2014 academic year

  1. Continue the program, taking self-inspection/evaluation results into consideration.
  2. Conduct an interim assessment. The Project Evaluation Committee, which includes experts from outside the university, evaluates reports prepared by the Global Human Resource Development Center and submits an assessment report to the President. The Center publishes the assessment results on its home page.
  3. Hold a symposium that includes an interim debriefing session on results and achievements to date.

The 2015 academic year

  1. Continue the program.
  2. Make adjustments to the program based on interim assessment results.

The 2016 academic year

  1. Continue the program.
  2. Conduct a survey of students, faculty members, and staff to evaluate the program. Analyze and organize the results.
  3. Organize performance data, collect educational research on the program, and publish the relevant information.
  4. Hold a symposium with related universities and other organizations in order to raise awareness of various case studies.
  5. Have the Project Evaluation Committee, which includes experts from outside the university, perform a final evaluation.
  6. Drawing on the results of the final evaluation, design and establish the systems needed for continuing the program after the completion of the project.