{"id":5503,"date":"2009-12-19T00:17:40","date_gmt":"2009-12-18T15:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=5503"},"modified":"2009-12-19T00:17:40","modified_gmt":"2009-12-18T15:17:40","slug":"bern-mulvey-on-the-odd-mext-university-accreditation-system-jalt-2009-powerpoint-presentation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=5503","title":{"rendered":"Bern Mulvey on the odd MEXT university accreditation system (JALT 2009 powerpoint presentation)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/handbook.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1298\" title=\"HANDBOOKsemifinalcover.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/HANDBOOKsemifinalcover.jpg\" alt=\"Handbook for Newcomers, Migrants, and Immigrants to Japan\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/welcomestickers.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1704\" title=\"welcomesticker\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/welcomesticker-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\\\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.francajapan.org\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1705\" title=\"franca-color\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/franca-color-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Foreign Residents and Naturalized Citizens Association forming NGO\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/tshirts.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1701\" title=\"joshirtblack2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/joshirtblack2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\\\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/joshirtblack2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/joshirtblack2.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 75px) 100vw, 75px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/japaneseonly.html#japanese\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1700\" title=\"jobookcover\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/jobookcover-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\u300c\u30b8\u30e3\u30d1\u30cb\u30fc\u30ba\u30fb\u30aa\u30f3\u30ea\u30fc\u3000\u5c0f\u6a3d\u5165\u6d74\u62d2\u5426\u554f\u984c\u3068\u4eba\u7a2e\u5dee\u5225\u300d\uff08\u660e\u77f3\u66f8\u5e97\uff09\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/japaneseonly.html#english\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1699\" title=\"japaneseonlyecover\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/japaneseonlyecover-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"JAPANESE ONLY:  The Otaru Hot Springs Case and Racial Discrimination in Japan\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cinemabstruso.de\/strawberries\/main.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2735\" title=\"sourstrawberriesavatar\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/sourstrawberriesavatar.jpg\" alt=\"sourstrawberriesavatar\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?cat=32\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4921\" title=\"debitopodcastthumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/debitopodcastthumb.jpg\" alt=\"debitopodcastthumb\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nUPDATES ON TWITTER:  arudoudebito<br \/>\nDEBITO.ORG PODCASTS now on iTunes, subscribe free<\/p>\n<p>Hello Blog. \u00a0Dr Bern Mulvey of Iwate University gave a presentation for PALE at the national JALT Conference last November. \u00a0Entitled &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/mulveyaccreditation2009.ppt\">UNIVERSITY ACCREDITATION \u000bIN JAPAN: PROBLEMS AND POSSIBILITIES<\/a>&#8220;, it outlines how Monkasho (the infamous Education Ministry in Japan) certifies universities as teaching institutions, and what measures it takes to ensure quality control.  The presentation shows a lot of the tricks and sleights of hands the universities do to keep their status (particularly in regards to FD &#8212; as in that buzzword &#8220;Faculty Development&#8221;, and peer review) without actually changing much. \u00a0I asked his permission to reproduce his powerpoint on Debito.org, so here it is as fifteen slides (jpg format, click to expand in browser). \u00a0Or if you prefer to download it in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/mulveyaccreditation2009.ppt\">original .ppt format, click here<\/a>. \u00a0Arudou Debito in Sapporo<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9-1.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5505\" title=\"\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9-1.JPG\" alt=\"\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9 1\" width=\"576\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9-1.JPG 960w, https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9-2.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5506\" title=\"\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9 2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9-2.JPG\" alt=\"\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9 2\" width=\"576\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9-2.JPG 960w, https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9-2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a 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alt=\"\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9 4\" width=\"576\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9-4.JPG 960w, https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9-4-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9-5.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5509\" title=\"\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9 5\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9-5.JPG\" alt=\"\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9 5\" width=\"576\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9-5.JPG 960w, https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9-5-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9-7.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5511\" title=\"\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9 7\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9-7.JPG\" alt=\"\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9 7\" width=\"576\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9-7.JPG 960w, https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9-7-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9-8.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5512\" title=\"\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9 8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9-8.JPG\" alt=\"\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9 8\" width=\"576\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9-8.JPG 960w, https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9-8-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9-9.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5513\" title=\"\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9 9\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9-9.JPG\" alt=\"\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9 9\" width=\"576\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9-9.JPG 960w, https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9-9-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9-10.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5514\" title=\"\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9 10\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9-10.JPG\" alt=\"\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9 10\" width=\"576\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9-10.JPG 960w, https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9-10-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9-11.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5515\" title=\"\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9 11\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9-11.JPG\" alt=\"\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9 11\" width=\"576\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9-11.JPG 960w, https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9-11-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9-12.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5516\" title=\"\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9 12\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9-12.JPG\" alt=\"\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9 12\" width=\"576\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9-12.JPG 960w, https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9-12-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9-13.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5517\" title=\"\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9 13\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9-13.JPG\" alt=\"\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9 13\" width=\"576\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9-13.JPG 960w, https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9-13-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9-14.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5518\" title=\"\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9 14\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9-14.JPG\" alt=\"\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9 14\" width=\"576\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9-14.JPG 960w, https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9-14-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9-15.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5519\" title=\"\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9 15\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9-15.JPG\" alt=\"\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9 15\" width=\"576\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9-15.JPG 960w, https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/\u30b9\u30e9\u30a4\u30c9-15-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>ENDS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Bern Mulvey of Iwate University gave a presentation for PALE at the national JALT Conference last November.  Entitled &#8220;UNIVERSITY ACCREDITATION \u000bIN JAPAN: PROBLEMS AND POSSIBILITIES&#8221;, it outlines how Monkasho (the infamous Education Ministry in Japan) certifies universities as teaching institutions, and what measures it takes to ensure quality control. The presentation shows a lot of the tricks and sleights of hands the universities do to keep their status (particularly in regards to FD &#8212; as in that buzzword &#8220;Faculty Development&#8221;, and peer review) without actually changing much.  I asked his permission to reproduce his powerpoint on Debito.org, so here it is as fifteen slides and downloadable ppt format:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,19,4,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bad-social-science","category-education","category-japanese-government","category-tangents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5503\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}