brief overview of the korean council for university education

BRIEF OVERVIEW OFTHE KOREAN COUNCILFOR UNIVERSITY EDU-

CATIONJune 2013

Contents

Ⅰ. Korean Council for University Education (KCUE)

• 1. Who we are• 2. Our Missions• 3. What we do• 4. Organization

Ⅱ. Mission & Strategic Objectives

Ⅱ. Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)


1 Who we are Non-profit, non-governmental association of 4-year universities

201 members of 4-year university (2013)

Founded in 1982

2 Our Missions We provide a service to support a development of Higher Education

system in Korea by Promoting a mutual understanding between universities in Korea Supporting education policies to increase autonomy, initiative,

accountability, and quality of universities

Conduct research on Higher education

Address common issues to policy makers and edu-

cators

Maintain quality assurance of institutions

Coordinate university admissions system

Provide training to university faculty/staffs

Provide an university information

Support HE internationalization and globalization

3 What we do


General Assembly Board of Trustees Chairman

Office of Man-agement & Plan-

ning

Management & Planning Team ····················

External Cooper-ation & Public Re-

lation Team

Office of Univer-sity Admissions

Support

Admission Man-agement Team····················

Admission Sup-port Team····················

Admissions Counseling Ser-

vice

Institute of Uni-versity Education

Information

Higher Education Transparency

Service····················Information Stan-dardization Team

Research Institute of Higher Educa-

tion

Policy Research Team

···················· Research Ana-

lyze Team····················Research Sup-

port Team

Korean University Accreditation In-

stitute

Accreditation Planning Team····················Assessment & Management

Team

Higher Education Training Service

Korea National Institute for Gen-

eral Education

Secretary-General


Organization4

Office of Management & Planning

Management & Planning Team External Cooperation & Public Relation Team

Major Work• Project planning & budgeting• Assessment of project results• Coordination of General Assembly, Board of Trustees, and Chair meetings• National Assembly-related affairs (extraordinary/regular sessions, parliamentary inspection)• Building of member university networks, information sharing• External cooperation & public relations• Management of website, information sharing


Major Work• University Admissions Management and Planning- Coordinate a framework for university admissions and its selection• Support for Admission Management System- Provide information of university admission criteria- Enhance the reliability and accountability in admission process - Ensure equal opportunities• Support for Admission Officers System- Provide standard criteria of student selection - Specialize a role of Admission Officers• KCUE University Fair- Held twice each year to provide information of universities in Korea• Admissions Counseling Service- Provide an individual counseling for prospective students and their parents


Office of University Admissions Support

Admission Management Team Admission Support Team Admissions Counseling Ser-vice

Institute of University Education Information

Higher Education Transparency Service

Information Standardization Team

Major Work• University information disclosures- Provide an information of all universities to students, parents, employers, and govern-

ment organizations via Alrimi in Korea website at www.academyinfo.go.kr

- Provide an opportunity for collaboration between university and other business corpo-

rations and research foundations


Major Work• Research and Publication- Research on higher education system and its curriculum- Publish issue papers• Institutional Review Board- Presidential Special Committees’ General Meeting- Post-Secondary Education Committees• Policy Forum and Seminar- Address critical issues in Korean Education and suggest solutions• Global Internship Program for University Students- Provide an opportunity to experience international internships- Help to develop career choice and plan• Higher Education Information- Maintain educational resources and Provide information of higher education • Higher Education Analysis- Research on domestic and international higher education trends - Analyze current trends and statistics

Research Institute of Higher Education

Policy Research Team Research Analyze Team Research Support Team


Korean University Accreditation Institute

Accreditation & Planning Team Assessment & Management Team

Major Work• University Accreditation- Promote a quality and accountability of higher education system in Korea

• Higher Education Capacity Development-Develop significant liberal arts curriculum and expertise

• Advanced College Education (ACE)- Promote educational capacities and practices in core curriculum

• Industrial Perspective University Evaluation- Provide an opportunity for collaboration between university and business corporation


Higher Education Training Service

Major Work• Faculty/staff training- Provide a job description & qualification to understand all aspects of perfor-

mance of job


Korea National Institute for General Education

Major Work• Development of Liberal Arts Education- Provide a standardized liberal arts education• Promote an importance of liberal arts requirements

MISSIONWe are university association that contributes to universities’ international

competitiveness by promoting autonomy, professionalism, information-shar-ing, and internationalism.

Strategic Objectives

Support public edu-cation & admission systems•Promote trust in pub-lic education

•Build advanced ad-missions system

•Build trust on admis-sions between high schools and universi-ties

Build advanced service platform us-ing integrated in-formation system•Construct advanced system and manage HE transparency service

•Improve efficiency of university admis-sions system

Research policy is-sues and support higher education in-ternationalization•Increase policy pro-posals

•Expand international networks

•Train future global leaders

Provide education and training pro-grams for faculty and staff•Restructure training programs

•Provide trainee-cen-tered program

Accredit universities for securing quality assurance•Improve institutional accreditation

•Conduct national project for strengthen-ing educational capac-ity

•Improve evaluation system from industry perspective

Member university-centered manage-ment & improved public relations• Reflect members opinions

•Support overall orga-nizational mission

•Improve public rela-tions

Ⅱ. Mission & Strategic Objectives

Date Title Counterpart

Mar.06, 2013 MoU on Korea-Scotland Higher Educa-tion on Mutual Cooperation Universities Scotland

Dec. 10, 2010

MoU on Korea- China-Japan Higher Ed-ucation Quality Assurance HEEC, NIAD-UE

Oct. 22, 2010MoU on Korea-China Higher Education Quality Assurance Enhancement and Cooperation

HEEC (Higher Education Evaluation Center of the Ministry of Education: Higher Education Evalua-tion Center of the Min-istry of Education of Peo-ple’s Republic of China)

Aug. 19, 2010

MoU on Korea-Japan Higher Education Quality Assurance Enhancement and Cooperation

NIAD-UE (National Insti-tute for Academic De-grees and University Evaluation in Japan)

Jul. 01, 2009 MoU on Mutual Cooperation ACE (American Council on Education)

Ⅲ. Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)

Date Title Counterpart

Mar. 24, 2009 MoU on Mutual Cooperation

WASC (Western Association of Schools & Colleges, Ac-crediting Commission for Senior Colleges & Universi-ties)

Feb. 19, 2008

MoU for Enhancing Mutual Coopera-tion

ANiEi (Asociacion Nacional de Instituciones de Educa-cion en Tecnologias de In-formation A.C.)

Feb. 15, 2008 MoU for Enhancing Cooperation

CONEAU (Consejo Nacional Evaluacion, Acreditacion y Certificacion de la Calidad de la Educacion Universi-taria, Peru)

Oct. 05, 2007 Korea-German Academic Links Agreement

German Rectors’ Conference (HRK)

Nov. 01, 2006 MoU on Mutual Cooperation German Rectors’ Conference

(HRK)

Ⅲ. Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)

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