Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the meaning of college education for middle-aged women who have fled North Korea and at the same time provide policy support to expand opportunities for higher education. Eight middle-aged North Korean defectors participated in the study. The data were constructed by conducting 1:1 in-depth interviews with the study participants. The data were analyzed by a descriptive phenomenological study presented by Colaizzi (1978). The results of the study are as follows. As a result of the study, 24 sub-components appeared. It was presented as nine components. Finally, it was rearranged into the categories of school, family, human capital, and social capital. Based on the research results, Based on the research results, we discussed the universal values and truths of university education, the relationship between universities and social capital, and their return to the diaspora and their dreams, and made suggestions to support North Korean refugee women's college admissions and studies.
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