1st Edition

Higher Education in Korea Tradition and Adaptation

By Namgi Park, John Weidman Copyright 2000

    This definitive collection takes an in-depth look at the higher education system in Korea. The editors and contributors present a fundamentally Korean view of the important issues for the Korean higher education system. In systematic, well written essays, they construct theoretical perspectives to analyze the development of the higher education system in Korea's competitive society, a project never before undertaken in the English language.

    Preface Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Historical Development Chapter 3 Curriculum and Management Chapter 4 The Entrance Examination System Chapter 5 Continuing Debates: Government Financial Aid to the Private Higher Education Sector and Faculty Tenure Chapter 6 Female Students and Faculty Chapter 7 The 31 May 1995 Higher Education Reform Chapter 8 Battlefield for Higher Education

    Biography

    Dr. John C. Weidman a Professor of Administrative and Policy Studies and Senior Associate in the Institute for International Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. Dr. Weidman has also served as the UNESCO Chair of Higher Education at Maseno University College in Kenya. Dr. Namgi Park is the Vice President of Planning at Kwangju National Teachers university in Korea. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh and is a member of the Advisory Committee to the Minister of Education in Korea.