- YEAR
- 2015
- SUBJECT
- [RR2015-09] A Study on Improvement strategies of National scholarship system
- ABSTRACT FILE
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RR2015-09_Abstract.pdf
- FULL TEXT FILE
- TITLE
- [RR2015-09] A Study on Improvement strategies of National scholarship system
- AUTHOR(S)
- Meeran Kim
- KEYWORDS
- National scholarship, Work-based scholarship, Merit-based scholarship, Income contingent loan, Equal opportunity, Quality of college education
- PUB .NO
- RR2015-09
A Study on Improvement strategies of National scholarship system
This study aims to suggest improvement strategies for establishment of comprehensive vision and management and development schemes. In this study, financial assistance for students by government defined as ‘national scholarhip’ includes any types of grants, scholarships and student loans offered by the KOSAF(Korea Student Aid Foundation).
In order to suggest the improvement strategies, current issues of the national scholarship management were investigated through analysis of errors of logic. Next, through analysing data collected from universities, influence of national scholarship support on the equal opportunity in higher education and quality enhancement of universities was investigated. And achievements and issues of national scholarship support system were examined through interviews with beneficiaries including graduates, the person in charge of scholarship of universities, and experts. In addition, implications were suggested through analysis of the national scholarship support policy of the United States and Japan which have private-oriented system of higher education. And based on the achievement analysis of university, best practices were selected and the implementation, organization, process, achievement and issues of them were analyzed at the university level.