The purpose of this study was to derive a plan for fostering the national and public universities in the provinces. For this, first, the present situations and the problems of national and public universities have been analyzed. Second, their roles h...
The purpose of this study was to derive a plan for fostering the national and public universities in the provinces. For this, first, the present situations and the problems of national and public universities have been analyzed. Second, their roles have been established and the comparative analyses of the various models of their operational systems have been examined. Third, directions for the reorganization of their operational systems have been proposed. Lastly, a plan for their innovation has been presented by each of the following five realms: sharing of the roles among the universities, balanced development of the provinces, specializing the national universities, fostering of the pure researches in basic sciences, social sciences, and humanities, and strengthening the internal innovation capacities of universities.
With the continuation of the educational policy called 'Selection and Concentration' in the past 10 years, the provincial universities, which have poorly given conditions, have confronted great difficulties. At present, the roles expected of the national and public universities are great. However, the investments in the universities are small. On the other hand, the burdens are excessively heavy. The government has been excessively regulating the universities and the financial resources for effectively employing competition and the inducement systems are so insufficient that each university has not been properly executing its given duties.
The special accounting, university accounting, special agencies, independent administrative corporations, and special corporations that have been examined as alternative plans for the operating systems of the national and public universities or those that have been presented as policy plans could be considered as imperfect alternatives, possessing strong points and weak points.
The important thing is that the operational systems of the national and public universities must secure the autonomy and the duties of the university by synthesizing the situation and the given conditions so that they can seek after their own development plans with a long-term perspective. They must be also improved in the direction of improving the efficiency of the operation of universities and the stability and sufficiency of the finances of universities.
Especially, the regulations according to the administrative orders regarding national and public universities must be stopped. The basic matters of the operation of the national and public universities and the scopes and methods of the government regulations must be clearly stated in the law. And, the government's method of supporting the finances must be converted into formula funding. Thereby, the laws must be made. In addition, the amount of the financial supports must be greatly expanded.
Through their development, the national and public universities must promote the development of regional education and the revival of the regional economies and industries. And, they must grow as the core organizations that lead the development of the regions and the nation. For this, the roles among the universities must be redistributed, the systems must be reorganized and the roles for the balanced development of the regions must be strengthened. The competitive human resources needed for the nation's strategic industries must be cultivated by establishing the special qualities of the universities. And, the development of the basic fields of study must be sought after. And, the capacities for innovation inside the universities must be continuously strengthened.