The purpose of this study was to develop evaluation criteria that can be used autonomously when promoting industry-university cooperation in four-year universities and to find out their validity and relative importance. To achieve the purpose of this ...
The purpose of this study was to develop evaluation criteria that can be used autonomously when promoting industry-university cooperation in four-year universities and to find out their validity and relative importance. To achieve the purpose of this study, first, the industry-university cooperation evaluation criteria were devised. Secondly, the validity of the proposed evaluation criteria was verified, and finally, the relative importance of the final evaluation criteria was calculated.
Based on the review of previous studies, the industry-university cooperation evaluation criteria were devised with 12 evaluation areas, 28 evaluation items, and 59 evaluation indicators in the early stage, and the final evaluation criteria was confirmed with 12 evaluation areas, 26 evaluation items, and 57 evaluation indicators based on expert consultations and two Delphi surveys. The third Delphi survey used the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) method to evaluate the relative importance of each evaluation criterion as determined by all the panel assessors.
The main conclusions are as follows. First, the evaluation criteria for the basic factors that universities should consider in promoting industry-university cooperation were proven that it is quite valid as a result of statistical verification. Second, in the process of examining the validity and relative importance of the evaluation criteria, it was confirmed that the six directions of developing the evaluation criteria for industry-university cooperation were significantly implemented. Third, as a result of calculating the relative importance, it was found that the panel of experts in various groups put the most emphasis on the criteria for objectives or plans, putting weight on the situation “C” at the CIPP stage. Finally, based on these conclusions, suggestions were made on the follow-up research and utilization related to the industry-university cooperation evaluation criteria.