Quality Assurance System in Korea

1. Quality Assurance System in Korea

2. 1-1. Quality Assurance in Korea • Accreditation Institution: Korean Council for University Education(KCUE) • A primary function of KCUE is quality assurance in its member universities. • Establishment: 1982 • Role: institutional and programmatic accreditor

3. 1-2. Quality Assurance in Korea - In 2007, the KCUE, the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology (MEST), and other quality assurance-related organizations began working toward a revised system of accreditation in which relevant organizations apply for and receive approval from MEST to conduct institutional or programmatic accreditations.

4. 1-3. Quality Assurance in Korea • Objectives • 􀁹Encourage excellence in university education • 􀁹Increase the efficiency of university administration • 􀁹Improve the accountability of universities • 􀁹Expand University Autonomy • 􀁹Enlarge Financial Support to Universities

5. 2-1. Quality Assurance System in Korea • HE quality assurance system • Establishing a buffer body between government and • university for evaluation and accreditation to meet • global standards • Financial provision aligned with institutional evaluation • - External review of institutional performance

6. 2-2. Quality Assurance System in Korea • Disclosure of information on HE • 55 items under 13 categories: the graduate employment rate, student admission results, tuition level, scholarship provision, faculty research achievements, number of enrolled students and educational environment. • Input measures: PT ratio, unit expenditure, occupancy/enrollment rate, etc. - Process/outcome measures: persistence/graduation rate, employment rate, customer satisfaction, etc.

7. 2-3. Quality Assurance System in Korea • Financial incentives for reform and restructuring • - Subsidies linked to amalgamation among institutions (24 institutions merged into 12 institutions since 2005)

8. 3-1. Quality Assurance System in Sangji University • Sangji University Background Information • Located in Kangwon Province(120km from Seoul) • Private School • 12,000 students(undergraduate 10,000, graduate 2,000) • 450 faculty/staff(290 faculty, 160 staff)

9. 3-2. Quality Assurance System in Sangji University • Self evaluation • - The self-evaluation process lead Sangji university to monitor the education and research status in detail, and formulate strategies for institutional development and performance management according to evaluation outcomes. • This is apt to lead to a promotion of educational environment and quality, as well as provide students, parents and industries with a means of making better informed choices.

10. 3-3. Quality Assurance System in Sangji University • Evaluation Contents • Department evaluation • student-faculty ratio, faculty research achievements, number of enrolled students, educational environment, etc. • Management office evaluation • General Index: satisfaction degree, task improvement, • training, incentives, etc. • Office Index: each choose related to each charateristic

11. My Learning The participants have informed me a lot of higher education contents; in fact, those are so helpful for me to understand the international trends related to higher education. I’ve learned valuable lesson through these various lectures and discussions during two weeks participation.

12. My Plan I want to share this wonderful experience with my colleagues and my family. I’ll inform these higher education trends to my school president and I’ll help him to restructure our school system. I’ll teach my students with some proper lecture styles in order to adjust internationalized society.