2024 Volume 46 Issue 1 Pages 69-74
This study examines the project “Development of Professional Staff and Administrators of Colleges and Universities.” The author participated in this project with a view to planning and implementing a certificate program, rather than a graduate program, and the three-year course of study revealed several findings. We learned a lot about the curriculum, both about the assigned subjects and the overall philosophy.
In parallel with this study, the authors developed a certificate program. Tohoku University launched its Basic Program for University Management in 2023. This paper reports on the design concepts and practices of this certificate program. The program was conducted online. The courses were categorized into required and free courses. The required courses had 60 hours of content, and the free courses had 8 hours of content. The curriculum for the required courses covered university education, university law, university staff organization, university finance, and university management. In addition, the required courses were combined with lectures and exercises to teach specialized knowledge and skills.
Although the program was conducted online, efforts were made to create an interactive learning environment for students. We also focused on developing studentsʼ abilities to apply academic knowledge to actual university management problems.
Various issues became clearer after the first year. We intend to resolve these issues through further evaluation and verification of the program.
