자유교육을 통한 학부 교육의 재정의 - 대학 소멸 위기의 근원적 해법

Abstract

The university began to disappear. The cause was not only the population cliff, the freezing of tuition fees, and the economic downturn, but also the inside of the university. Korean universities gave up their autonomy and identity while relying on government financial support projects. This article proposes the introduction of a liberal education in undergraduate courses as part of a ‘destructive innovation’ that can make universities more like universities. Liberal education, which began in Greece, is given a new mission today. Artificial intelligence is a new learning object of liberal education, and the cultivation of capacity for the survival and progress of democracy pursued in civic education is inherent in liberal education. The traditional organization of colleges and universities created by individual academic fields no longer takes effect. Now, the university system consisting of basic administrative and financial units for departments and majors should be dismissed and undergraduate education should be redefined as liberal education. It is a global trend to entrust professional vocational education to the curriculum of each department and major of graduate school based on solid liberal education. If all universities cannot innovate, the government should first provide financial support to establish pilot liberal art colleges by region. Through the redefinition of undergraduate education, it will be possible to suppress the disappearance of universities and continue the ecosystem of healthy higher education.