Korean Educational Development Institute(KEDI)

A Study on the College Admission focusing on the Articulation between Upper-secondary and Higher Education:

KEDI 8 Years Project (Ⅷ)

The purpose of the study is to devise a comprehensive measure for the articulation between upper secondary and higher education, so as to smooth the transition from high school to the college level by overcoming the present barriers originated from the college admission system that has caused the disconnection between the two levels. We have conducted an eight-year research on the status of the college admission system, by collecting a wide range of opinions through a number of conferences, policy forum and colloquium, and have proposed a comprehensive measure focusing on the articulation between the high-school and college education.

The following features are among the important findings of this research: ① we have come to the point that the changes in the college admission policies alone cannot sufficiently solve the problems related to the admissions system ② the college admission system must take into account the articulation between upper secondary education and higher education ③ the government policy on college admission should be geared towards enhancing the accountability and promoting the principles of public education by organizing a stable and consistent environment related to college admissions ④ we have proposed an improvement scheme which suggests that the high-school curricula, national testing, college admissions system, and the governance should all be closely connected.