Higher Education In South Korea Research Articles

Navigating the Intersections of Religion and Education Reflected in the Institutional Mission: Examining the Case of Dongguk University as a Buddhist-Affiliated Institution in South Korea

This study examines the ongoing impact of religiously affiliated private institutions on the dynamics of higher education in South Korea. To do so, this study pays attention to the case of Dongguk University as a renowned Buddhist-affiliated institution. By exploring the university’s institutional mission, educational goals, governance, symbolic representations, and curricula, this study illustrates the ways in which Dongguk University integrates its Buddhist identity into various facets of its educational framework. This study especially highlights the university’s ongoing efforts to reconcile its religious vision based upon Buddhism with its broader educational responsibilities to our society so as to educate well-rounded citizens who can creatively address contemporary challenges we now face. With an in-depth exploration of Dongguk University rooted in Buddhism, this study sheds light on the distinct characteristics of religiously affiliated private institutions and their influences on the educational landscape in South Korea. In doing so, this study offers valuable insights into the ways to examine the intersections between religions, education, and contemporary society. Such insights elucidate the critical roles of religions in our public life and their implications for the future of education in an era of unprecedented social, cultural, and technological changes.

Development and Challenges of English-Medium Instruction of Higher Education in South Korea

Development and Challenges of English-Medium Instruction of Higher Education in South Korea

라이프코스 관점으로 본 한국 고등교육 진학 성인이주민의 특성에 관한 연구

[Purpose] This study aims to understand the characteristics of adult immigrants who aspire to enter or have entered higher education institutions in South Korea from a lifecourse perspective.
 [Methods] Through an online survey, we collected data from 407 adult immigrants residing across the nation, seeking to explore the intricate interplay of pre-migration and post-migration factors that shape their educational aspiration and access to higher education.
 [Results] Our analysis revealed that pre-migration factors, such as prior education and job experiences, played a significant role, as did post-migration factors like participation in Korean language education programs. Additionally, we found that post-migration life conditions, such as current household income, marital status, and nationality significantly influenced adult immigrants' access to higher education.
 [Conclusion] These findings highlight the importance of understanding adult immigrants' educational aspirations or access within the broader context of their own lifecourse trajectory. By adopting a lifecourse perspective, we shed light on the multifaceted nature of the factors that influence adult immigrants' pursuit of higher education in South Korea.

The Impact of COVID-19 on Higher Education in South Korea

The COVID-19 pandemic forced universities worldwide to switch from face-to-face teaching to online remote teaching. The majority of students are dissatisfied as their college lives are completely ruined, and they are not able to maintain their social networks. South Korean higher education has long been troubled by decreasing tuition revenues, an aging problem, the low-level internationalization of university education, and administrative redundancies, and now the pandemic has greatly aggravated these structural defects. Furthermore, course content creation posed a major challenge to professors, while the lack of student motivation and commitment led to a rapid decline in the quality of education and evaluation. Accordingly, students requested a refund of their tuition fees, or at least compensation, and called for the improvement of online courses.

지속 가능한 교양으로의 전환

Objectives This article explores a German university case that integrates the principles and values of sustainable development principles into all aspects of the German higher education system. The study sets out to provide practical implications for the development strategies from a sustainable development perspective to support general education in South Korea.
 Methods This paper gives an overview of the higher education system for implementation while the significance of this study lie in the practice and possibilities of general education. Theses are examined to probe how Germany adapts and applies a whole-institution approach to embed the value of sustainable development. A German university case of adapting the whole-institutional approach towards sustainability is then provided. Priority action areas are reviewed for the analysis of sustainable development in action through the approach to Education for Sustainable Development in the illustrative case.
 Results The characteristics of the German higher education system that realizes the value of sustainable development are as follows. A concept of sustainable development builds upon the global framework for implementation of sustainable development such as the Global Action Programme on Education for Sustainable Development(ESD): Towards achieving the Sustainable Developing Goals(SDG). A joint research project funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research(BMBF) is to establish guidelines for higher education for sustainable development. Based on the guideline each university develops a common concept of sustainability and transformative action program that promote the whole-institution approach.
 Conclusions Main findings of this research provide insights for general higher education in South Korea. This approach will prove useful in expanding our understanding of how apply to the whole-institution approach to general education in South Korea.

Столкновение традиционного и нового: гендерное равенство в системе высшего образования Южной Кореи

This study examined the idea of gender equality in higher education in non-Western countries using the example of South Korea. As a result of globalization, there is a conflict of traditional values and Western ideas (for example gender equality issues), even in countries with stable cultural traditions. The main purpose of this study is to identify the gender-related challenges in higher education that are relevant to Korean society. Moreover, it is important to find out the ways how Korean society meet the challenge. In order to achieve this goal, the discourse analysis was chosen in poststructuralist interpretation. The authors also use gender stereotyping analysis in advertising to assess the situation of women representation in higher education in the Republic of Korea. The reason of this analysis is the fact that in advertising there is the most common and recognizable view on representation of women in different spheres and on traditional “female” gender role which do not include the necessity of higher education and career success. The achievement of gender equality in higher education in South Korea has been an important part of public policy over the past 30 years. The article addresses issues such as accessibility of higher education for men and women, the women’s realization of their education in the labor market and the professional employment of women in higher education.

English and internationalization of Korean universities

Abstract The internationalization of higher education in South Korea has brought marked changes to the linguistic and cultural diversity of university campuses. This ethnographic case study examined language policies, language use, and intercultural interactions in two localized English-Medium-Instruction courses that incorporated both English and Korean as mediums of instruction. The results drawn from interviews with ten participants and observations of classroom interactions show that English was a primary medium for students’ academic literacy and Korean as an additional communication tool in the absence of any explicit Medium of Instruction policy. They also illustrate how the different statuses of the two languages limited students’ investment in learning Korean as a second language and created unequal intercultural interactions between speakers of different languages. The results illuminate how a neoliberal ideology adopted and enacted at a national and institutional level through internationalization translated into implicit policies and practices at different levels on campus.

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Transition to Higher Education in South Korea: Current Status and Issues

In South Korea, higher education is widely available to all people. However, few people with disabilities have received a college education. In 1995, the Higher Education Special Admission for Students with Special Needs policy was implemented to promote opportunities for individuals with disabilities to have access to higher education. Since the special admission policy was implemented, an increasing number of high school students with disabilities have entered college. Research indicates that the transition from high school to higher education is not smooth for students with disabilities. Accordingly, this article discusses issues surrounding this transition for students with disabilities after briefly describing the college entrance system and policies on transitioning to higher education in South Korea.

The fourth industrial revolution, knowledge production and higher education in South Korea

ABSTRACTRecent discourse about the fourth industrial revolution has revealed several issues in Korea, suggesting the need for fundamental changes in the industrial structure and higher education systems, which can prepare Korea for potential periods of technological unemployment. For example, labour expenses in Korea are predicted to be rapidly reduced if many jobs are replaced by machines, and the structure of the current manufacturing industry will not exist within the next 10 years. This position paper, based on a document analysis, explores the question: What are the current challenges for South Korea’s higher education sector in light of likely shifts in knowledge production due to the fourth industrial revolution? It will be argued that Korea has multiple challenges in terms of its overall industrial structure, labour market and higher education and will have to upgrade the roles of its government, industry and universities in knowledge creation and skill formation to adapt.

Higher education in South Korea: recent changes in school competitiveness and research productivity

ABSTRACT This paper counts SCI-level journal publications over the period 1980–2016 to rank higher education institutions in South Korea. First, a league table shows that school competitiveness has changed a lot over time, which largely attributes to a flexible mobility of academic professions in recent decades. Second, counting research productivity, after adjusting for school size, shows significant changes in the university ranking. Third, our university ranking, which is based rigidly upon journal publications, differs from widely cited perception-based rankings, so that policy makers in higher education must be cautious in decision making on educational reforms.

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With an aim to articulate the reason of existence of nonprofit/nongovernmental (NPO/NGO) higher education in South Korea, this study examines the curriculum of NPO/NGO management programs in higher education institutions. This study postulates that the higher education curriculum in NPO/NGO management may reflect the main forces that have led to the development and evolution of South Korean nonprofit organizations, framed as social movement and entrepreneurial management. South Korea has showcased a civil-society-led democratization model. Its nonprofit organizations have faced an increased pressure for professional service provision and sustainable operation. This study proposes that the social movement drive outweighed the entrepreneurial management drive regarding the visibility in the NPO/NGO higher education. Recent program changes show that the entrepreneurial management drive has been strengthened in their curriculum. This study also observes a preferential pattern of ties to societal forces by disciplines.Subscribe to JNEL

다분야 제품 디자이너 양성을 위한 한국 대학의 디자인 교육 전략에 대한 고찰

다분야 제품 디자이너 양성을 위한 한국 대학의 디자인 교육 전략에 대한 고찰

The Current States and Problems of Regulations on overseas expansion of Higher Education in South Korea

The Current States and Problems of Regulations on overseas expansion of Higher Education in South Korea

The Irony of the Unchecked Growth of Higher Education in South Korea: Crystallization of Class Cleavages and Intensifying Status Competition

This study raises questions about the discrepancy between the praise for Korean education by international organizations and Koreans’ dissatisfaction with their education. First, the study identifies the main reason for the discrepancy as inequality at the level of higher education. To track down the formation of the current problem of educational inequality and excessive competition for status, the study evaluates the historical changes in South Korea’s education system in the past several decades, focusing on the unchecked expansion of higher education. In doing so, the study shows how the aggregate decisions made by individuals and families, and the political dynamics of the past five decades have affected broad policy regarding educational stratification in South Korea. In the last section, the study presents what has been an empirical pattern of educational stratification in Korea reflecting all these social changes during the past five decades in Korea.

The Long‐run Labour Market Effects of Expanding Access to Higher Education in South Korea

AbstractA 1979 military coup in South Korea mandated that all colleges, public and private, expand their college admission quotas by 30 per cent in 1981 and 50 per cent in 1982. We use birth cohorts that were differentially exposed to this abrupt, exogenous policy change as an instrumental variable to identify the long‐term effects of college on labour market outcomes. We find that the college enrollment increase by the mandate led to higher monthly earnings and higher probabilities of ‘prestigious’ white‐collar employment. We discuss the historical context in which this intervention took place as well as its relevance for developing countries. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

A study on the horizontal stratification of higher education in South Korea

This study analyzed university and college graduates’ income gap in South Korea to investigate factors influencing such disparities. Specifically, this study focused on types of higher education institutions and academic disciplines among the many factors affecting post-graduation income differences, using a hierarchical linear model. According to the analysis, there were differences in post-graduation income of graduates based on types of higher education institutions they attended. There was an especially large income gap between graduates from 4-year universities located in Seoul and other types of institutions. However, the coefficient size of income differences between graduates from 4-year regional universities and 2-year junior colleges either decreased, when SES variables were controlled for. This result implies that income gap between 4-year regional universities and the other types of institutions can be explained by the differences in students’ socioeconomic background. In addition, the effects of SES on graduates’ income varied in academic disciplines. Based on these results, it can be said that the horizontal stratification of higher education is affected by the combination of institutional types and academic disciplines in Korea.

Globalising higher education in and through urban spaces: Higher education projects, international student mobilities and trans‐local connections in Seoul

AbstractThis paper explores the connections between universities and cities in a moment of heightened emphasis on international student mobilities and globalising processes in Asian higher education. In particular, I seek to draw attention to the contingent assembly of the urban and its role in globalising higher education by highlighting the ways in which urban spaces draw together different sorts of trans‐local connections and flows. To explore this approach, I discuss the globalisation of higher education in South Korea, and the significance of Seoul in these processes through a focus on two leading universities – Korea University and Seoul National University. To highlight the importance of trans‐local connections in the urban dimensions of higher education, I discuss the generation of desires to be mobile in imaginations of Seoul as a destination for higher education, student experiences of situated learning in place and the articulation of student mobilities into career pathways with Korean transnational firms. From this perspective urban spaces need to be understood as much more than just the geographical backdrop to the globalisation of higher education. Rather, cities like Seoul are the spaces through which connections are being forged around knowledge production, international migration and trans‐local economic practices.

Enlightenment of Development of Higher Education in South Korea to China

China and South Korea are two neighboring countries and are both developing countries. Furthermore, the modern and contemporary higher education of these two countries originates from the middle and late 19th Century, so there are a lot of similarities between the two countries. However, although the origination period of modern and contemporary higher education of the two countries is almost similar, the developmental speed of higher education in these two countries is not totally the same due to the different strategic measures taken by the two countries in terms of developmental mode of higher education. Thus, study on differences between the higher education of these two countries and refer to the experience of South Korean higher education is of great and important realistic significance to improve higher education in China and promote and economic and social development. Through an analysis in the development history and educational system of higher education in South Korea, this article makes a comparison of the similarities and differences between China and South Korea in terms of the current condition and reform of their educational system so as to find out the gap between China and South Korea in terms of the higher education and explore a correct path for development of China higher education.

Clothing and Textiles Education in South Korea

Clothing has been an important object to individuals, society, and culture throughout history. Clothing and textiles (C&T) in higher education in South Korea has gone through different stages as its educational goals and contents have responded to social needs. During the first era (1920s-1950s), C&T was taught along with other subjects as a part of home economics. During the second era (1960s-1980s), C&T became an independent academic discipline with its own identity. In the current era, when knowledge-based information is the central resource of society, C&T education is expected to change to meet the needs of industry, which mediates between society and academia. Globalization and information technology (IT) development in the information society affect the fashion industry, not only directly but also indirectly through the changes of consumers' diversified lifestyles. The fashion industry needs trained human resources from C&T, graduates who have global core competencies in specialized areas, can create high value, and implement IT technology for the industry. C&T education should set goals reflecting the needs of the fashion industry and take approaches seeking balance in vocational versus theoretical, specialized versus integrated, and basic versus applied knowledge.