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Changing Facets of Korean Higher Education: Market Competition and the Role of the State

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During the past several decades, the Korean higher education sector has experienced tremendous expansion, while the quality of teaching and research has not improved very much. Despite the fact that higher education had to rely on the private sector for most of its finance and provision, market competition among higher education institutions has, until recently, been heavily restricted by the government. We argue that the government should try to incorporate more market-based policies in order to upgrade the quality of teaching and research at higher education institutions.

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  1. Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, P.O. Box 413, Milwaukee, WI, 53201, USA

    Sunwoong Kim

  2. KDI School of Public Policy and Management, Seoul, Korea

    Ju-Ho Lee

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An earlier version of this paper has been presented at the workshop, ‘Upgrading Korean Education in the Age of Knowledge Economy: Context and Issues’ sponsored by Korea Development Institute and the World Bank, October 14–15, 2002, Seoul, Korea. We are grateful to the workshop participants and anonymous referees to this journal for their comments and suggestions.

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Kim, S., Lee, JH. Changing Facets of Korean Higher Education: Market Competition and the Role of the State. High Educ 52, 557–587 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-005-1044-0

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