OECD Reviews of Tertiary Education: Korea

Executive Summary......Page 9
1.1 The OECD Thematic Review of Tertiary Education......Page 15
1.2 The Korean Economy and Labour Market......Page 17
The Current State of Tertiary Education in Korea......Page 21
2.1 The Expansion of Tertiary Institutions......Page 22
2.2 The Funding of Tertiary Education......Page 30
2.3 Comparing Korea with Other OECD Countries......Page 35
2.4 The Issues Created by Expansion......Page 38
Tertiary Education and the Labour Market: Over-education,Mismatches, and New Connections......Page 43
3.1 The Rhetoric of Under-education and the Reality of Over-education......Page 44
3.2 Under-education and Post-Graduate Education......Page 48
3.3 The Mismatch of Skills......Page 49
3.4 Strengthening Labour Market Connections......Page 52
4.1 The Varied Conceptions of Quality......Page 57
4.2 National Mechanisms of Quality Assurance......Page 62
4.4 Alternative Approaches to Quality Assurance......Page 64
The Quality of Teaching and Learning......Page 69
5.1 The Current Efforts to Improve Teaching and Learning......Page 70
5.2 The Challenges in Changing Approaches to Teaching......Page 73
Governance and Regulation......Page 75
6.1 The Current Forms of Governmental Control......Page 76
6.2 The Issues of Institutional Governance......Page 79
6.3 The Internal Governance of the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development......Page 80
6.4 Consistency and Communication among Ministries......Page 81
6.5 Developmental Conceptions of Regulation......Page 83
The Roles of Tertiary Education in Research and Development......Page 87
7.1 The Current State of R&D in Korea......Page 88
7.2 Enhancing the Roles of Universities......Page 90
Equity in Tertiary Education: The Issues of Class, Gender, and Region......Page 95
8.1 The Effects of Family Background......Page 96
8.2 Gender Inequalities......Page 99
8.3 Equity Mechanisms: Fee Waivers, Loans, and Special Programmes......Page 100
8.4 A Note on Regional Inequities......Page 102
9.1 The Curriculum Implications of Globalisation......Page 105
9.2 The Roles of Foreign Universities in Korea......Page 106
Improving the Coherence of the System......Page 109
10.1 Effects on Secondary Education......Page 110
10.2 Student Transfer among Tertiary Institutions......Page 111
10.3 The Roles of Colleges......Page 112
10.4 Expanding Choice......Page 114
10.5 Expanding Lifelong Learning......Page 115
10.6 Alternative Models for a Tertiary Education System......Page 116
11.1 The Transition from Quantity to Quality......Page 119
11.2 The Divide between Practice and Theory......Page 121
11.3 Market and Non-market Mechanisms......Page 122
11.4 The Allocation of Scarce Resources......Page 123
11.6 The Emphasis on Economic Purposes......Page 124
References......Page 127
Annex 1: Members of the OECD Review Team......Page 131
Annex 2: Authors of the National Background Report and National Co-ordinators......Page 133
Annex 3: Programme for the National Visit......Page 135
Annex 4: Comparative Indicators on Tertiary Education......Page 137