IMF 구제금융사건 이후 대학교육개혁의 기독교적 고찰

Abstract

After the IMF Crisis, in Korea, several remarkable university reconstruction programs have been undertaken with powerful governmental financial and administrative aids. Slogans in those programs are such as research-oriented, regional renovation, academic-industrial cooperation, university accreditation and selective focusing policy etc. Programs were offered for public application by any institution officially. However, for their viabilities, universities compete for them desperately because the program grants were the only substantial funds for higher education from the government. Actually, authorities have played dominant role on the university reconstructions by setting up nominating criteria based on governmen- tal policies. These programs, therefore, in their slogans, policies and management controls, have impacts on academic curricula that may cause risks on academic education. In this study, not only the effectiveness and critics but also the inherent issues of the programs in regard of academic activities will be suggested and evaluated with respect of Christian world-views. As a consequence, our world university competitiveness is not improved, university curricula tend to be irresponsible or incapable for the university and there was no academic improvement despite the decade-long national university reconstruction programs. In Christian perspectives, higher education is required to be demand-creating rather than demand-driven as a mission of Cultural Mandate. Moreover, Christian curriculum directedness can be an alternative direction in our university education and its vision is presented.