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[OECD Diagnosis of Korean Education 2025 – Questioning the System After Achievement ④]Technology Has Already Changed; The Problem is the University Structure

How AI and Digital Transformation Are Shaking the Governance of Korean Higher Education When discussing the future of universities, AI and digital transformation are no longer in the realm of prediction. Online classes, Learning Management Systems (LMS), and automated administrative…

[OECD Analysis] Korean Education 2025 – Questioning the System Beyond Achievement ① : A Nation at the Peak of Success, Universities Driven into Instability

Why Does Korean Education Stand Again at the Threshold of “Restructuring”? Korea has long been classified as an “educationally successful nation.” In the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), Korean students have consistently maintained top-tier rankings across all domains—mathematics, reading,…

[The Role of Universities Re-examined Through Lifelong Education ②]The Choice to Center Lifelong Education: Beyond a Survival Strategy for Regional Universities, Toward a Redesign of Future Higher Education

South Korea’s university lifelong education policy has continued without interruption for the past 15 years. Institutional pathways for adult learners to enter universities have been established, and through the College of Lifelong Education and the LiFE projects, these initiatives have…

[The Role of Universities Re-examined Through Lifelong Education ①]The Experiment Called Lifelong Education: When Did South Korean Universities Start Teaching ‘Adults’ Again?

Understanding the start of the serious discussion on lifelong education in South Korean universities as solely a reaction to the sharp decline in the school-age population is inaccurate. University lifelong education policy had already been slowly emerging, even before the…