Globalization in Korean Higher Education and Korean ...

Globalization in Korean Higher Education and Korean Government’s Strategies of

Internationl Education

Jun Hyun Hong President of KAFSA & VP Int’l Affairs of Chung-Ang Univ.

June 5, 2014

Presentation at 2014 FICHET Executive Conference, Tainan, Taiwan

Korean Higher Education At a glance

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183168

44

No. of Institutions by Type

4-yr Univ. Public

4-yr Univ. Private

2-yr College

Grad. Univ.



49%

15%10%

25%

No. of Students by Major in 4-yr Univ.

Liberal Arts & SocialScienceNatural Science

Arts

Engineering

Globalization Trend in Korean Higher Education



Background of Study Korea 2020 Project

Korea : 200,000 by 2020 (90,000 in 2011) Japan : 300,000 by 2020 (124,000 in 2011) China : 500,000 by 2020 (293,000 in 2011) Singapore : 150,000 by 2015 (80,000 in 2011)

War for Talent in Asia

Internal & External Environments Policy

• Extension of Study Korea Project (’05-’12)

• Launching next strategic target in int’l education in Korea - 200,000 by 2020 from 2.4% to 5.4% cf. OECD avg. 8.7%

External Environments

• Expansion of higher

education service worldwide

• Increasing needs to recruit highly-qualified int’l students and more competition to attract int’l students

Internal Environments

• Competence of higher education institutes in international education

• Need for inflow of outstanding int’l students to cope with declining high school graduates

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2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Number of Int'l Students in Higher Education Institutes

Outflow

Inflow

Internal & External Environments

Internal & External Environments Type of Int’l Students in Korea

Number of Int’l Students in Korea by Country

Main Accomplishments & Challenges Accomplish-

ments

• Training globally talented students through the WCU, Campus Asia Project

• Creation of the GKS brand by expanding the International Scholarship

Program

• Introduction of outstanding university certification system to

recruit/manage int'l students, and expansion of TOPIK

Successful expansion of foreign student population through globalization and recruitment/management policies by government

Challenges

• Most int'l students are from China in the area of Humanities & Social

Sciences

• Side-effects due to insufficient support system

• Constant outflow of Korean students

Lack of customized strategy and supporting system and constant outflow of domestic students

Why do int’l students come to Korea?

Country of Origin

• Alternative policies of developing countries to educate human resources

• Low competition of education in home country

Structural Mechanisms for Study Abroad

Country of Destination

• Planning social and economic advancement by recruiting globally talented students

• Increasing job opportunities for int’l students

• Improving int’l students management system

Changes of Market

• Demands from multi-national business sectors for university graduates with abundant int’l experiences

Increasing Int’l Students to 90,000 in 2011 vs 200,000 students in 2020

Decreasing outbound Korean students: 260,000 in 2011

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What is the policy aim?

Strategies and Action Plans Recruiting More Int’l Students

Improving Customized Int’l Student Recruitment

Strategy

• Listing up countries which have the potential number of the students wishing to study in Korea for Masters and (or) Ph.D.

• Government’s supports for developing specialized program & for promoting academic & research interchanges

• Government’s permit for relaxing entrance requirements of junior colleges

• Recruiting int’l students from beneficiary countries of Korean Government’s sponsored scholarship programs

Supporting Int’l

Students’ adaptation in Korea

• Reinforcing transition/recruitment of outstanding students thru support for job placement of int’l students

• Expanding links for job placement in Korean companies & providing int’l students with more information

• Expanding internship opportunities for int’l students and hosting more job fairs

• Improving communication and integration between Korean & int’l students

• Improving transition conditions and providing communication channels by more meetings & consulting for int’l students

Customized Int’l Student Recruitment

Graduate School for Research

Universities

Undergrad. Program

for Teaching

Universities

•About 21% (19,012 students) •49% from China •61% majoring in Liberal Arts •20% majoring in Engineering

•About 47% (42,127 students) •83% from China •47% majoring in Liberal Arts •26% in Korean Language Studies •8% in Engineering •43% in Seoul Metropolitan area

•Expansion of recruiting efforts for Engineering graduate school •Recruitment of int’l students from

‘strategic countries’ ex. India, Vietnam, Mongolia, etc.

• Focus on int'l students’ nationality diversification •Preparing strategies to recruit

Engineering students • Increase number of int'l students from

renowned universities •Promoting job links and recruiting

int'l students from regional universities linked with language courses

C t i d I t’l St d t R it t

Strategies and Action Plans

Increasing Int’l Student Recruitment

Expansion of Global

Scholarship Program

• Expanding Global Korea Scholarship (GKS) Program up to US $100 million annually by 2015

Promotion of Studying in Korea and

Systematizing/ Seeking Efficiency

• Construction & vitalization of online promotion system

• Expansion of hosting and joining study abroad educational fair

• Strengthening promotion by applying foreign base institutes such as establishing foreign offices

Improving Universities’ Capacity to Manage int'l

students

• Operating a consulting bodies between universities and Government

• Expanding Int'l students Recruitment & Management Capacity Certifying System by Government

• Producing & distributing guidelines for recruitment of int'l students and holding regular briefing sessions

I i I t’l Stud t R uit t

Strategies and Action Plans

Ministry of Education

(MoE)

National Institute for International

Education (NIIED)

Korean Association of Foreign

Student Administrator

s(KAFSA)

Office of International

Affairs of

Universities

Study Korea 2020 IEQAS

GKS

Korean Pavilion - NAFSA, EAIE, APAIE - Annual Conference

Actors in Int’l Education in Korea

IEQAS

IEQAS Process

IEQAS Evaluation Index

Organization of KAFSA

Thank You

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