Discussion with President SHIN – “The wall between Liberal Arts and Natural Science Must be Torn Down”
- 법학전문대학원
- Hit1050
- 2019-03-27
In the discussion
session with the presidents of universities, President Dong Ryeol SHIN argued
that, “the partition between each department are hindering the development of
convergent talents”.
On March 12th,
presidents of SKKU, Seoul National University (hereafter SNU) and Korea
University met at the Maekyung Media Center in Choongmuro, Seoul. In this
meeting the presidents discussed about the future of education and
universities. The presidents agreed that with the current form of education
which divides the curriculum to either Liberal Arts and Natural Sciences, it is
impossible to nurture a talent suitable for the era of 4th industrial
revolution.
President Sejeong
OH of SNU said, “If students in the Liberal Arts learn about AI (Artificial
Intelligence) in the university, they can apply it to their knowledge. Students
are afraid to take statistics and mathematics in the university. Universities
in the US demand their students to take courses outside of their discipline.”
President SHIN
said, “90% of tuition go to personnel expenses and only 10% remain in our
budget. 10% is not enough for investment. The Japanese government supports
their universities by paying the personnel expenses while refraining from interfering
their internal business.On the
other hand, the Korean government provides financial support but in return
gives out tasks to accomplish.”
The conclusion of
the meeting was that the universities need to further enhance their
commercialization of technology and receive more financial support from the
government. In 2017, Stanford University (US) earned $45,400,000 from their
technology while SKKU, SNU and Korea University only earned about $27,000,000
in sum.
http://news.mk.co.kr/newsRead.php?year=2019&no=152076