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http://dx.doi.org/10.7837/kosomes.2018.24.1.068

The Management Strategy Behind Achieving Internationalization Through Twinning Programs - Focused on the South Korean Maritime Universities -  

Pyo, Hyun-Young (Mokpo National Maritime University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety / v.24, no.1, 2018 , pp. 68-77 More about this Journal
Abstract
South Korean universities have the common prevalent problem of significantly declining student populations. This study aims to explore the management strategy behind how the two South Korean maritime universities (Korea Maritime and Ocean University (KMOU) and Mokpo National Maritime University (MMU)) in particular, can solve the above problem by achieving internationalization through Twinning programs, taking advantage of their specialties in shipping and shipbuilding to export South Korean maritime education overseas. Twinning programs will also allow the universities to achieve the internationalization of their management, the globalization of their students, and the strengthening of the international competitiveness of the South Korean maritime industry. To achieve the above aim, this study will conduct a literature review on the internationalization background of general domestic and foreign universities. This study will also try to grasp the reality of, the obstacles to, and the factors that will accelerate the internationalization of the South Korean maritime universities. Finally, this study will research and propose directions the South Korean maritime universities can take to achieve pragmatic internationalization that comply with the current law on the export of higher education. This will be done by exploring the current status and trend of other universities' attraction of foreign international students, the legal feasibility and activation measures of the co-operation of curricula, and the researcher's own experiences.
Keywords
Internationalization of South Korean maritime universities; Export of maritime education; Twinning programs; Foreign international students; Korean language training; Types of higher education export based on current law;
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