The National University Corporation Evaluation Committee of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has summarized the evaluations of the business implementation status of 2014 national universities and 86 university joint-use institutions in 4, and established a new educational organization to solve regional issues. Highly rated by 5 schools such as Fukushima University, which continued to disseminate information to the reconstruction of Tohoku, such as holding the "Tohoku Rehabilitation Festival" in Paris, and lowest by 3 schools such as Gunma University, which caused multiple medical accidents. I gave a rating.

 According to the Ministry of Education, the evaluation is conducted for business operations, financial content, information disclosure, self-inspection, legal compliance, etc.We judge that 3 corporations excluding the lowest rated 87 schools are generally good.In addition to Kochi University and Fukushima University, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, which promoted university reforms under the leadership of the president, such as the introduction of an annual salary system for teachers, and the introduction of a 60-minute class and a four-term system, etc. Okayama University, which promoted the reform of the entire university, and Yamaguchi University, which worked on the reorganization of the education and research organization such as the establishment of the faculty management council, were selected.Next to this, the highly acclaimed "Attention Initiatives" include Hokkaido University, which has significantly increased the discretionary expenses of the President, University of Tsukuba, which has made efforts to improve the environment for gender equality, and a public recruitment program for acquiring young researchers. There are 4 schools and 16 corporations, including Kyoto Institute of Technology, which conducted the research, and Kyushu University, which established cyber security.

 On the other hand, the three schools, Gunma University, Asahikawa Medical University, and Akita University, were given the lowest evaluation as "significant improvements".Gunma University has been pointed out that there is a serious flaw in the medical safety management system in the background of a series of medical accidents.It is said that Asahikawa Medical University did not recognize that the deterioration of the financial condition was working on sound university management, and Akita University made serious mistakes such as neglecting the consent of the donor in the procedure for changing the use of donations.

 Other problems include 18 schools such as Yamanashi University and Naruto University of Education due to unsatisfied student capacity, 11 schools such as Yokohama National University and Human Culture Research Organization due to improper accounting, 1 corporation, and fraudulent activities in research activities. Nine schools such as Chiba University and Toyama University, 9 schools such as Nara Women's University and Tokyo University for improper management of poisonous and deleterious substances, 11 schools such as Tohoku University and Kyoto University for improper management of personal information, and one corporation were pointed out. I did.

Source:[Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology] 26 evaluation summary

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