Korean Educational Development Institute(KEDI)

A study on analysis of endowment in higher education institutions

This study aims to provide improvement recommendations for higher education institutions and policy implications for the government to reinforce fundraising by analyzing the current status of the size and formation of private endowment and fundraising activities. The main research questions of this study are as follow: First, what are the changes in the trend and the size of private endowment? Second, what are the factors which affect the current status of fundraising infra structure and fundraising activities and the size of endowment? Third, what is the current status of endowment income in foreign higher education institutions and which cases are applicable to Korea? Forth, what are the improvement recommendations for higher education institutions and policy implications of the government to expand endowment? The main results of these questions are as follows.