The purpose of this research is to investigate the status quo and problems of intemational exchanges and to present a program for activating exchange program between abroad and domestic higher education institutions in this thesis. Kangwon National Un...
The purpose of this research is to investigate the status quo and problems of intemational exchanges and to present a program for activating exchange program between abroad and domestic higher education institutions in this thesis. Kangwon National University(KNU) is employed as the case study for this research. The reason that I take KNU for an example is that KNU can be a model more than the average educational institutions in scale. The matehals for this research are as follows: relevant papers, the research papers, the matehals issued by the Ministry of Education, official documents of KNU, and so on.
In a part of the status quo and problems of intemational exchanges, I looked into the exchange result between foreign universities and KNU, the intemationalization of educational cooperation, academic books and joumals, and professors, students and staff.
The first and foremost plan for activating exchange programs is to instill the members of relevant institutions consciousness of intemationalization. Holding the seminars and public lectures can be considered as the effective ways for this object.
Second, it is necessary to revise and complement the regulations limiting the activating of the students exchange program and to introduce the full-time professorship who is in charge of this kind of program.
Third, it is needed to steadily carry out various projects for developing the exchange program.
Fourth, it is thought that improving the wide-range condition for intemational students, establishing and expanding the exclusive department or section, the newly constructing of the apartment for foreign professors and the dormitary for foreign students.
In interviews with foreigners staying at KNU, they expressed a strong complaint about the housing facilities. This inconveniences are of no doubt judged as one of the factors who will have a negative influence on the intemational exchange program.
Lastly, a Korean language school is needed to offer foreigners an opportunity to leam the Korean language as well as Korean culture. Chunchon, where KNU is located in, is predicted to have a great deal of demand.
In conclusion, the internationalization of colleges and universities cannot be attained in a day, It is thing that we should proceed to do with the drastic input of necessary men and a firm strategy.
KNU has been and will every efforts to be one of the prestigious universities up to the 2010 as a part of a long-term plan. And the Division of International Affairs which was established 3 years ago If the plans presented in this research is put into practices, it is experted that the fruitful international exchanges can be pushed ahead.