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The Study on the Influence of Capstone Design & Field Training on Employment Rate: Focused on Leaders in INdustry-university Cooperation(LINC)

캡스톤디자인 및 현장실습이 취업률에 미치는 영향: 산학협력선도대학(LINC)을 중심으로

  • Received : 2023.07.17
  • Accepted : 2023.08.28
  • Published : 2023.08.31
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Abstract

In order to improve employment rates, most universities operate programs to strengthen students' employment and entrepreneurship, regardless of whether they are selected as the Leading Industry-Innovative University (LINC) or not. In particular, in the case of non-metropolitan universities are risking their lives to improve employment rates. In order to overcome the limitations of university establishment type and university location, which absolutely affect the employment rate, we are operating a startup education & startup support program in order to strengthen employment and entrepreneurship, and capstone design & field training as industry-academia-linked education programs are always available. Although there are studies on effectiveness verification centered on LINC (Leaders in Industry-University Cooperation) in previous studies, but a longitudinal study was conducted on all factors of university factors, startup education & startup support, and capstone design & field training as industry-university-linked education programs as factors affecting the employment rate based on public disclosure indicators. No cases of longitudinal studies were reported. This study targets 116 universities that satisfy the conditions based on university disclosure indicators from 2018 to 2020 that were recently released on university factors, startup education & startup support, and capstone design & field training as industry-academia-linked education programs as factors affecting the employment rate. We analyzed the differences between the LINC (Leaders in Industry-University Cooperation) 51 participating universities and 64 non-participating universities. In addition, considering that there is no historical information on the overlapping participation of participating students due to the limitations of public indicators, the Exposure Effect theory states that long-term exposure to employment and entrepreneurship competency enhancement programs will affect the employment rate through competency enhancement. Based on this, the effectiveness of the 2nd LINC+ (socially customized Leaders in Industry-University Cooperation) was verified from 2017 to 2021 through a longitudinal causal relationship analysis. As a result of the study, it was found that the startup education & startup support and capstone design & field training as industry-academia-linked education programs of the 2nd LINC+ (socially customized Leaders in Industry-University Cooperation) did not affect the employment rate. As a result of the longitudinal causal relationship analysis, it was reconfirmed that universities in metropolitan areas still have higher employment rates than universities in non-metropolitan areas due to existing university factors, and that private universities have higher employment rates than national universities. Among employment and entrepreneurship competency strengthening programs, the number of people who complete entrepreneurship courses, the number of people who complete capstone design, the amount of capstone design payment, and the number of dedicated faculty members partially affect the employment rate by year, while field training has no effect at all by year. It was confirmed that long-term exposure to the entrepreneurship capacity building program did not affect the employment rate. Therefore, it was reconfirmed that in order to improve the employment rate of universities, the limitations of non-metropolitan areas and national and public universities must be overcome. To overcome this, as a program to strengthen employment and entrepreneurship capabilities, it is important to strengthen entrepreneurship through participation in entrepreneurship lectures and actively introduce and be confident in the capstone design program that strengthens the concept of PBL (Problem Based Learning), and the field training program improves the employment rate. In order for actually field training affect of the employment rate, it is necessary to proceed with a substantial program through reorganization of the overall academic system and organization.

대부분의 대학은 취업률 향상을 위하여 산헙혁력선도대학(LINC) 선정 여부와 상관없이 학생들의 취·창업역량강화 프로그램을 운영하고 있다. 특히 비수도권대학의 경우 취업률 향상을 위하여 사활을 걸고 있다. 취업률에 절대적으로 영향을 미치는 대학설립유형과 대학소재지에 대한 한계를 극복하기 위하여, 취·창업역량강화를 위하여 기업가정신 함양을 위한 창업교육·지원 프로그램을 운영하고 있으며, 지역 및 기관과 연계한 PBL(Problem Based Learning) 컨셉이 반영된 캡스톤디자인과 현장실습 프로그램을 상시 운용하고 있다. 기존 연구에서는 산헙혁력선도대학(LINC)을 중심으로 효과성 검증에 관한 연구는 수행되었으나, 공시지표를 기반으로 취업률에 미치는 요인으로서 대학요인, 창업교육·지원, 산학연계교육 요인 모두를 대상으로 한 종단연구 사례는 보고되지 않았다. 본 연구는 취업률에 미치는 요인으로 대학요인, 창업교육·지원, 산학연계교육에 대하여 최근까지 공개된 2018년부터 2020년까지 대학공시지표를 기반으로 조건을 만족시키는 116개 대학을 대상으로 51개의 산학협력선도대학(LINC) 참여대학과 64개의 비참여대학 집단간 차이분석을 하였다. 또한 공시지표의 한계로 인하여, 참여 학생의 중복참여에 대한 이력 정보가 없는 점을 고려하여 취·창업역량강화 프로그램에 장기간 노출된다면 역량강화를 통한 취업률에 영향을 미칠 것이라는 노출효과(Exposure Effect)이론을 기반으로 종단적 인과관계 분석을 통하여 2017년부터 2021년까지 2차 사회맞춤형 산학협력 선도대학 육성사업(LINC+)의 효과성을 검증하였다. 연구결과 사회맞춤형 산학협력 선도대학 육성사업(LINC+)의 창업교육·지원 및 산학연계교육 프로그램은 취업률에 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 종단적 인과관계 분석결과 기존 대학요인으로 수도권대학이 비수도권대학보다 여전히 취업률이 높으며, 사립대학이 국립대학보다 취업률이 높은 것을 재확인하였다. 취·창업역량강화 프로그램 중 창업강좌 이수자수, 캡스톤디자인 이수자수, 캡스톤디자인 지급액, 전담교직원수는 취업률에 연도별 부분적으로 영향을 미치며, 현장실습은 연도별로 전혀 영향을 미치지 않으며, 취·창업역량강화 프로그램의 장기간 노출이 취업률에 영향을 미치지 않음을 확인하였다. 그러므로, 대학의 취업률 향상을 위해서는 비수도권, 국·공립대의 한계를 극복해야만 함을 재확인하였다. 이를 극복하기 위한 취·창업역량강화 프로그램으로서 창업강좌 참여를 통하여 기업가정신의 강화와 PBL(Problem Based Learning) 컨셉이 강화된 캡스톤디자인 프로그램의 적극적인 도입 및 확신이 중요하며, 현장실습 프로그램이 취업률 향상에 도움이 되기 위해서는 전반적인 학사제도 및 조직의 재정비를 통한 내실 있는 프로그램 진행이 요구된다.

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Acknowledgement

본 논문은 2020년도 호서대학교의 재원으로 학술연구비 지원을 받아 수행된 연구임(과제번호: 2020-0816)

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