The changing status of vocational higher education in contemporary Japan and the Republic of Korea: a discussion paper

This paper provides an overview of vocationally-oriented higher education institutions in Japan and South Korea, known as senmongakko and jeonmun daehack respectively. These institutions were surprisingly competitive against universities in the 1990s and early 2000s, although they currently seem to be losing this competitive edge, mainly due to the increasing vocationalisation of the curriculum in the mainstream universities. Despite their significance for understanding the higher education systems in both Japan and South Korea, very little (and virtually nothing of an academic nature) has bee ... Show more

Authors: Goodman, Roger; Hatakenaka, Sachi; Kim, Terri

Corporate authors: UNESCO. International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (UNESCO-UNEVOC)

Published: Berlin, Germany, UNESCO-UNEVOC, 2009

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Physical description: 34 p.

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Subjects: Vocational education and trainingHigher educationProviders of education and training

Keywords: Institutional role

Geographic subjects: AsiaJapanKorea

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