National General (Liberal) Education College in the Era of Great Transformation

Abstract

This essay investigates how to establish a Korean Liberal Arts College in the context of the University System Innovation debate, which is regarded as the best practical way to solve the problem found in the higher education academic structure in Korea.The problem with Korean universities is that basic science becomes weaker in the restructuring process. To solve this problem, we should understand that basic science is closely related to general education in undergraduate education. The way to solve this issue is to establish an independent academic structure to be responsible for general and liberal education, so called “Korean Liberal Arts College”. Among a few versions of the “Korean Liberal Arts College”, the National General (Liberal) Education College in the context of University System Innovation debate is proposed as a college that will provide undergraduate courses in the university system. This college will be evolved to be responsible for the general (liberal) education in undergraduate courses at the national level.