- Striving to Become University that contributes to Core Human Resource Development and
the Generation of Vitality in the Local Community - Second Phase Midterm Goals
- The 6 Priorities Plan and University-wide Common Plan of the Second Phase Midterm Plan
- Issues to focus on in the 2016 Academic Year Plan
- column3：Installation of Student Support Salon
The year 2016 is the sixth year of our second phase midterm goals period. The operations of Iwate Prefectural University follow an
academic year plan, as well as 6-year medium-term objectives based on a medium-term plan spanning from 2011 to 2016.
Our midterm goals to strive to become a university that contributes to core human resource development and the generation of vitality
in the local community are founded on two basic stances : education that puts students first, and research and regional contributions that
generate vitality in Iwate.
The university is undertaking an approach to education, research and regional contribution based on 3 basic goals.
Our educational goal is to strengthen our students’ ambition.
We also want to be a university that the region will depend on for research, contributions to the local community, and international
exchange. In addition, we also want to be effective and flexible in university administrative operations.
These goals both affirm the mission of the university when it was founded while looking ahead and embracing various environmental
changes.
A University that contributes to core human resource development
and the generation of vitality in the region
<Basic Stances>
● Student-Driven Education
● Research and local contribution efforts that vitalize the region
The Midterm Plan, which is intended to achieve the second phase midterm goals, is composed of a 6-Priorities-Plan for issues that have especially high urgency, importance and continuity, and a University-wide Common Plan that will be taken up by the entire university in order to deploy the priorities plan.
① Acquisition of new students that have a strong sense of purpose and passion for learning
- Promote the securing of volunteers by enlarging briefing sessions for parents and high school teachers
- Examine the needs of graduate level education, and deliberate the affairs of a graduate school
- Promote initiatives to increase student enrollment, such as waiving graduate school entrance fees
- Continuous financial aid for disaster affected students.
② Execution of a systematic and consistent education program
- Expand and strengthen TOEIC exams and its utilization during academic assessment in English courses, and introduce e-learning and language study program at the University of Ohio
- Begin offering the academic minor “Iwate's Hometown Development Project” as part of the holistic Program for Promoting Regional Revitalization by Universities as Center of Community (COC+ Program)
- Promote international academic relationships and interaction with international students by creating an English website to disseminate information, and effectively utilize the IPU guesthouse
③ Supporting the development of student employability and the promotion of employment within Iwate Prefecture
- Conduct support operations, such as field trips to educate students of the reconstruction, coordination with other universities in the Tohoku region to create internships the Tohoku region
- Conduct field trips to regional businesses and invite companies within Iwate Prefecture to the school job fairs, in conjunction with the Program for Promoting Regional Revitalization by Universities as Center of Community (COC+ Program) as part of an effort to promote employment within Iwate Prefecture
- Hold job fairs specific to hospitals and welfare establishments, as well as career seminars lectured by our university graduates
- Enhance the content of the Civil Service Examination Prep Course based on actual results
④ Carrying out research that is valuable to the region and publicly disclosing the results
- Advancement of research projects featuring local challenges, especially the recovery from the earthquake disaster
- Systematically organize efforts to publish research results and actively disseminate information
- Measures for acquisition of external funds
- Utilize the IPU guest house to promote international educational exchange
⑤ Strengthening industry-university-government collaborations and making full use of think-tank functionality
- Promote the regional collaborative research conducted by the regional policy research center and the accelerated reconstruction research, as well as other projects including the comprehensive regional reconstruction strategy supported by the regional development support team
- Promote collaborative research and cultivate new engineers at Iwate Monodukuri and Software Integration Technology Center (i-Mos)
- Advance the cooperation between industry, universities and public institutions and promote joint research with industries to realize the development plans of IPU Innovation Park at Takizawa-city
- Hold the International Forum on Reconstruction Efforts (tentative name) to reflect upon, and consider the outlook of the international cooperation in the reconstruction efforts in Japan
⑥ Nurturing motivated faculty members and staff who will contribute to the realization of IPU's philosophy and goals
- Holding seminars that combines FD (Faculty Development) and SD (Staff Development).
- Deliberate and effective operation of the sabbatical system
- Review of the faculty performance evaluation
- Supporting administrative staff for their career development and improving the training based on the vision and plan of human resource development
- Information sessions for faculty and management to close the gender gap in parenting
We have installed the Student Support Salon in April of 2016, to promote mental and physical wellness, as well as support students with special needs.
The Student Support Salon is staffed with mental health practitioners and special need counselors. Our mental health practitioners work with a variety of needs to give individualized advice and support to each of the student's unique situations. The special needs counselor works with students who have conditions such as physical and developmental disabilities and incurable diseases, while coordinating with each major and other related departments to plan for necessary accommodations.
We provide students with a safe environment in which they can spend time in; the Support Salon is equipped with a break room for eating lunch and resting, a study area to work on computers, and a conversation area for interacting with other students.
We will be incorporating student feedback and requests into our operations in order to create an accessible environment and to further improve our support functions.
Notes
- *1:Iwate Monodukuri and Software Integration Technology Center
- *2:An effort to improve course content and methods. Faculty Development
- *3:Efforts to improve the skills of administration and other staff concerned with the operations of the university. Staff Development
