Reiko Yamada is a professor at Faculty of Social Studies, Doshisha University, and a Director of Center for Higher Education and Student Research. She is the leading person in this field in Japan. Her researches on Japanese student development and learning outcomes based on college impact theory are well recognized in not only in Japan but also in the United States and Korea. The author developed the self-reported student surveys (JCIRP) from 2004 which are comparable with US surveys so called CIRP developed by HERI (UCLA) and 130,000 students participated in the JCIRP by the end of 2013.

• Preface.- Part I: Trend of Quality Assurance of Higher Education in Comparative Perspective.- Introduction: Giving Dimension and Direction of Measuring Quality of Undergraduate Education in Japan.- Higher Education Policy Worldwide and Quality Assurance in Knowledge Based Society.- Structural Transformation of Japanese Higher Education: Adapting to Meet Challenges Posed by Globalization and Market Economy.- Part II: Measuring Student Learning Outcomes.- Measurement Trend of Learning Outcomes in the United States.- Measurement for the learning Outcomes: The Role of JCIRP for Assessing Student Learning.- Learning Outcomes of College Students in Japan: Comparative Analysis of between and within University.- The Possibility and Challenges of a Large Scale Continuous Student Survey System: Through Analysis of JCIRP data.- Quality Assurance of Teaching and Learning and Institutional Research.- Part III: Quality Assurance of Undergraduate Education: Comparative Analysis between USA and Japan.- What Kind of Issues and Challenges Does Japanese Undergraduate Education Face?: Comparative Analysis between USA and Japan.- Development of first-year Experience in Higher Education: Comparative Study between US and Japan.- Today’s First-year Students and the Institutional Practice in the First College Year: of Japanese Universities.- Issues of Educational Articulation between University and High School: Comparative Analysis between USA and Japan.- Conclusion.

Reiko Yamada is a professor at Faculty of Social Studies, Doshisha University, and a Director of Center for Higher Education and Student Research. She is the leading person in this field in Japan. Her researches on Japanese student development and learning outcomes based on college impact theory are well recognized in not only in Japan but also in the United States and Korea. The author developed the self-reported student surveys (JCIRP) from 2004 which are comparable with US surveys so called CIRP developed by HERI (UCLA) and 130,000 students participated in the JCIRP by the end of 2013.

• Preface.- Part I: Trend of Quality Assurance of Higher Education in Comparative Perspective.- Introduction: Giving Dimension and Direction of Measuring Quality of Undergraduate Education in Japan.- Higher Education Policy Worldwide and Quality Assurance in Knowledge Based Society.- Structural Transformation of Japanese Higher Education: Adapting to Meet Challenges Posed by Globalization and Market Economy.- Part II: Measuring Student Learning Outcomes.- Measurement Trend of Learning Outcomes in the United States.- Measurement for the learning Outcomes: The Role of JCIRP for Assessing Student Learning.- Learning Outcomes of College Students in Japan: Comparative Analysis of between and within University.- The Possibility and Challenges of a Large Scale Continuous Student Survey System: Through Analysis of JCIRP data.- Quality Assurance of Teaching and Learning and Institutional Research.- Part III: Quality Assurance of Undergraduate Education: Comparative Analysis between USA and Japan.- What Kind of Issues and Challenges Does Japanese Undergraduate Education Face?: Comparative Analysis between USA and Japan.- Development of first-year Experience in Higher Education: Comparative Study between US and Japan.- Today’s First-year Students and the Institutional Practice in the First College Year: of Japanese Universities.- Issues of Educational Articulation between University and High School: Comparative Analysis between USA and Japan.- Conclusion.

Reiko Yamada is a professor at Faculty of Social Studies, Doshisha University, and a Director of Center for Higher Education and Student Research. She is the leading person in this field in Japan. Her researches on Japanese student development and learning outcomes based on college impact theory are well recognized in not only in Japan but also in the United States and Korea. The author developed the self-reported student surveys (JCIRP) from 2004 which are comparable with US surveys so called CIRP developed by HERI (UCLA) and 130,000 students participated in the JCIRP by the end of 2013.

• Preface.- Part I: Trend of Quality Assurance of Higher Education in Comparative Perspective.- Introduction: Giving Dimension and Direction of Measuring Quality of Undergraduate Education in Japan.- Higher Education Policy Worldwide and Quality Assurance in Knowledge Based Society.- Structural Transformation of Japanese Higher Education: Adapting to Meet Challenges Posed by Globalization and Market Economy.- Part II: Measuring Student Learning Outcomes.- Measurement Trend of Learning Outcomes in the United States.- Measurement for the learning Outcomes: The Role of JCIRP for Assessing Student Learning.- Learning Outcomes of College Students in Japan: Comparative Analysis of between and within University.- The Possibility and Challenges of a Large Scale Continuous Student Survey System: Through Analysis of JCIRP data.- Quality Assurance of Teaching and Learning and Institutional Research.- Part III: Quality Assurance of Undergraduate Education: Comparative Analysis between USA and Japan.- What Kind of Issues and Challenges Does Japanese Undergraduate Education Face?: Comparative Analysis between USA and Japan.- Development of first-year Experience in Higher Education: Comparative Study between US and Japan.- Today’s First-year Students and the Institutional Practice in the First College Year: of Japanese Universities.- Issues of Educational Articulation between University and High School: Comparative Analysis between USA and Japan.- Conclusion.