- YEAR
- 2019
- SUBJECT
- [RR2019-20] The Research on Education Development Cooperation for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals (III): Action Strategies for Higher Education
- ABSTRACT FILE
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RR2019-20_Abstract.pdf
- FULL TEXT FILE
- TITLE
- [RR2019-20] The Research on Education Development Cooperation for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals (III): Action Strategies for Higher Education
- AUTHOR(S)
- Hai-Jeong Ahn
- KEYWORDS
- Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Higher education, Development cooperation, ODA, Action strategies
- PUB .NO
- RR2019-20
The Research on Education Development Cooperation for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals (III):
Action Strategies for Higher Education
This study was carried out to develop an action strategy for the development cooperation in higher education to support developing countries in achieving SDGs. In modern society, characterized by the Fourth Industrial Revolution, increased mobility, the development of advanced science and technology, and hyperconnected societies, higher education is required to take the lead in addressing complex and unpredictable new challenges beyond its traditional role of education and research. Developing countries, in which accessibility is still a major challenge for higher education, face the challenges of quantitative growth in higher education alongside the new challenges that modern society demands for higher education.
In this study, various contents were analyzed to establish action strategies for development cooperation to improve accessibility, quality, and sustainability of higher education. First, the international trends on higher education and the current state of higher education in Korea was analyzed in order to determine the current issues of higher education. Second, the recipient countries were categorized based on indicators related to accessibility, quality, and sustainability of higher education and the characteristics and challenges of higher education of Korea’s nine priority partner countries were analyzed in order to better understand the status of higher education in developing countries. Third, recent ODA projects in the higher education sector carried out by Korea have been analyzed in order to grasp the status of development cooperation projects in the higher education sector in Korea. Fourth, the current status and characteristics of the higher education development cooperation projects carried out by international organizations and advanced donor countries were analyzed. In order to analyze the research contents, research methods such as literature analysis, international cooperative research, statistical data collection and analysis, case study, consultation, and holding research seminar and policy forum were used.