The Internationalization of Korean Higher Education

• In Event: 598 - Section on Asia and Asian America Roundtable Session.
  In Refereed Roundtable: Table 05. Creating Global Institutions and Markets

Abstract

To both attract international students, and become a renowned research hub, the Korean government has invested billions of dollars in select universities in Korea. This investment targets specific strategies to raise Korean high educational awareness and attractiveness to foreign students, as well as create a sustainable source for high-end research within Korea. This investment has changed Korean universities dramatically as more foreign and foreign educated professors are teaching courses in English to Korean and foreign students. Internationalized Korean universities has also provided Koreans studying in Korea increased opportunities to gain global experience without leaving the country. These opportunities are generally reserved for the best schools in Korea, stratifying global opportunities for Koreans in Korea and creating variation in the global cultural capital Koreans in Korea can obtain.

Author

• Jonathan Jarvis, University of Hawaii