Grant amount：\4290000 （ Direct Cost: \3300000 、 Indirect Cost：\990000 ）

We conducted research on career support methods that pay attention to the plasticity of young people, and obtained the following findings.
(1) A nurturing approach that fosters the client's basic skills as a member of society can be incorporated into all phases of job search support, based on the career counselor's thorough acceptance of the client.(2) Excellent career counselors help their clients to become aware of the connection between themselves, others, and society, and to live independently by fostering a proactive approach and an experiential style rooted in a sense of acceptance in order to improve their post-employment adjustment.(3) For clients with weak egos, career counselors help them verbalize and question their judgments on trivial matters, which leads to the development of an experience style rooted in a sense of conviction within the client.

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Grant amount：\7670000 （ Direct Cost: \5900000 、 Indirect Cost：\1770000 ）

Based on the previous project about Intercultural Collaborative Leaning (ICL) and the book published in 2019, we developed teaching materials that added the significance and methods of high-flex ICL and encompassed student-centered educational practices, such as pedagogy of ICL classes and the involvement of student supporters, which were all disseminated on our website. The results were also presented through papers, conference presentations, and workshops in Japan and abroad. We also initiated a large-scale ICL suevey targeting six universities in Japan. Although we faced some challenges, such as having to change the planned survey due to the spread of the new corona infection, we were able to achieve significant results, including the establishment of an Asia-specific "Internationalization at Home” model.

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Grant amount：\4290000 （ Direct Cost: \3300000 、 Indirect Cost：\990000 ）

Through the qualitative analysis of interview data, characteristics of Japanese global leaders were examined, and their growth process was hypothesized. In addition, a questionnaire with 40 items that measures global leader competencies was developed. Furthermore, based on the aforementioned research results, educational programs to promote global leader development were generated and applied to university courses and programs. The outcomes of these educational programs were assessed.

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Grant amount：\14040000 （ Direct Cost: \10800000 、 Indirect Cost：\3240000 ）

As a scale of international education practices rapidly expanded for the sake of globalization, one of the challenges at schools in Japan is a lack of international education practitioners capable of designing, operating, and evaluating programs that are theoretically reasonable, feasible for practitioners, and meaningful for leaners. We critically examined various theories and conceptual frameworks relevant to intercultural learning and personal growth and created a set of modules as a professional training workshop for international education practitioners. We went through a process of designing, operating and getting feedback from participants every year in order to improve the quality and feasibility of the workshop as well as conducting survey to understand the real voices of international education practitioners. We will continue offering this workshop regularly and also publish a self-study guidebook which illustrates the learning process offered by the workshop.

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Grant amount：\2600000 （ Direct Cost: \2000000 、 Indirect Cost：\600000 ）

The purpose of this research is 1) To identify issues specific to Japan's unique academic culture and research exchange that are barriers to promoting research activities, 2) Develop educational programs to improve "intercultural coordination skills" that international and domestic students are required to promote intercultural joint research & projects, 3) Acquire comprehensive knowledge by analysis and evaluation of the program. In addition, investigated university activities in Australia and the United States. Conducted interviews of international students in Japanese universities. Thorough the research, it became clear that the discussion format using cross-cultural group approach was effective, and program development, implementation and verification were conducted.

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Grant amount：\4810000 （ Direct Cost: \3700000 、 Indirect Cost：\1110000 ）

This research explores the model of peer programs based on student learning outcomes in higher education. Peer programs are gaining popularity on college campuses one the past 20 years. According to cases of U.S. Peer programs, The following results were obtained.
The first, their target of an assessment is not only student learning outcomes, covering whole of programs or activities. The second, it is becoming development mid-term strategic plan in recent years. These describe student affairs need accountable to stakeholders for the role and meaning of their activities in education. The one of the important implication for future learning outcomes assessment in Japanese student affairs/services is learning outcome assessment must relate each other with institutional strategies and goals, and the other educational activities and programs to improve an educational quality as a whole.

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Grant amount：\3640000 （ Direct Cost: \2800000 、 Indirect Cost：\840000 ）

In this study, FMS (Focusing Manner Scale) that measures daily use of Focusing attitude was revised (FMS-18). After researching for three years, it was observed that FMS-18 had negative correlation with multiple stress response scales, positive correlation with Psychological Well-being scale and Authentic scale, which confirmed FMS-18’s construct validity. Covariance structure analysis revealed that Focusing attitude not only directly decreases stress response, but also increases work motivation, hence, indirectly decreases stress response as well. These results confirmed that FMS-18 is a useful scale for mental health.

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Grant amount：\4810000 （ Direct Cost: \3700000 、 Indirect Cost：\1110000 ）

A new leadership concept, “Self-Design Leadership (SDL)” was defined to provide a leadership training to enhance participants’ strength. The SDL has its theoretical basis on the Person-Centered Approach, Positive Psychology and a methodology of the Learning Organization. We set up a series of SDL training program (a total of 14 sessions for 8 months), offered the program to 11 company employees, and verified its effect. It was revealed that the SDL concept facilitated the participants to focus on their own strength and let the organizations to be more active. It was suggested that the SDL was not only a leadership theory, but also a useful approach to help individuals and organizations become healthier.

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Grant amount：\16770000 （ Direct Cost: \12900000 、 Indirect Cost：\3870000 ）

As study abroad opportunities become diversified and more accessible, assessing the learning outcomes of those programs has become a critical issue for international educators. Assessing learning outcomes of students in study abroad programs in North America and Europe is widely practiced; however, Japanese universities still rely on output-based analysis. The current worldwide trend utilizes an e-portfolio system for outcome assessment while allowing students an opportunity for self-reflection. This research project analyzed recent models of learning outcome assessment and actual e-portfolio usage.

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