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EPAA has just published Volume 9 Number 27 "The Establishment
of Modern Universities in Korea and Their Implications for
Korean Education Policies" by Jeong-Kyu Lee.

The article can be accessed directly at
         http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v9n27.html

An abstract follows:

     The Establishment of Modern Universities in Korea
            and Their Implications for Korean
                  Education Policies

                     Jeong-Kyu Lee
      Korean Educational Development  Institute
                  Seoul, South Korea

Abstract
The purpose of this study is to examine the historical
factors which affected the rise of modern higher education
during the late Choson period (1880-1910), and to analyze
the implications of these historical factors on educational
policies in contemporary higher education in Korea. The rise
of modern higher education in Korea can be viewed as
occurring in three principal phases: Confucian Choson Royal
Government, Western Christian missionaries, and patriotic
nationalists. The author points out that the major
historical factors influencing the development of modern
higher education were Confucianism, Christianity, and Korean
nationalism. In particular, Confucianism and Christianity
have had substantial impacts on the planning of education
policies in contemporary Korean higher education; the former
is viewed as an original source of educational enthusiasm
which has expanded Korean higher education, and the latter a
matrix of modern Korean higher education which has embodied
educational enthusiasm.

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Gene V Glass,  Editor
Education Policy Analysis Archives
College of Education,  Arizona State University
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