https://iaiai.org/journals/index.php/IJIRM/issue/feed 2025-02-18T13:44:23+00:00 Tokuro Matsuo editorial-office@iaiai.org Open Journal Systems <p align="justify"><strong>International Journal of Institutional Research and Management (IJIRM)</strong> is a peer-reviewed/refereed international journal that is dedicated to the theory and practice in Institutional Research on higher education and research management. IJIRM strives to cover all aspects of working out new technologies and theories, and also case study for evidence-based institutional management, big data in universities, research administration, educational technology, and multidisciplinary topics on institutional research.</p> https://iaiai.org/journals/index.php/IJIRM/article/view/882 2025-02-18T13:44:11+00:00 Tetsuya Oishi oishi@ltc.kyutech.ac.jp Takashi Nishide nishide@res.otaru-uc.ac.jp

<p>We conducted a series of studies from 2021 to 2024 to investigate the needs and effectiveness of institutional research (IR) training courses in Japanese higher education. <br>Initial investigations through web questionnaires (n=189) in 2021 and individual surveys in 2022 revealed a need for step-by-step training sessions based on participants' abilities. <br>Based on these findings, we implemented training courses in 2023 (n=20) and 2024 (n=29) to examine essential IR training requirements and participants' self-perceptions of their skills. <br>The 2024 course incorporated improvements including broader participant eligibility and more detailed attribute data collection. <br>This paper presents comprehensive results from these training courses, analyzing how participants' self-perception of IR skills changed through the sessions, with particular attention to differences between faculty and staff members, as well as variations based on years of IR experience. <br>Our findings suggest that role-specific training approaches may be more effective, as faculty and staff showed different patterns in skill self-assessment and learning preferences.</p>

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