Research on effective use of information of students through Institutional Research as seen from improvement case

本研究的目的是通过机构研究，对学生信息的有效利用（数据的收集、分析、改善方案的制定）的案例和模式进行考察，并对日本高等教育中的信息管理现状和引进IR的挑战进行说明。因此，本研究得出以下结论。第一，关键绩效指标用于制定改进计划和评估IR活动的情况下，机构为中心的IR。第二，特别是关于教育，IR部门的职能是密切相关的中间组织，位于政府和个别机构之间的活动。因此，学科学习质量保证在一定程度上界定了系部的IR活动。第三，在日本高等教育机构中引入信息检索还面临着一些挑战，这些挑战与信息管理、信息格式和组织文化的内部规定有关。

The purpose of this research was to examine cases and models of effective use of students' information (collection and analysis of data, development of improvement plan) thorough Institutional Research, and to describe the current condition of information management and challenges of introducing IR in Japanese Higher Education. As a result, this research yields the following findings. First, key performance indicators are used for developing improvement plan and evaluating IR activities in the case of institution-centered IR. Second, particularly about education, IR functions in department are closely related with activities of middle organizations which are situated between government and individual institutions. Therefore, IR activities in department are defined by Quality Assurance of Subject Learning partly. Third, there are some challenges which are related to internal regulations about information management, information format, and organizational culture, to introduce IR in Japanese Higher Education Institutions.