Historic Factors Influencing Korean Higher Education

Part One. Introduction
I. Identification of the Problem
1. Statement fo the Problem
2. Research Questions
3. Significance of the Study
4. Limitations of the Study
5. Definitions of Terms
6. Research Nethod and Procedures

Part Two. Hostorical Background
II. Elite Education in the Traditional Period(57 BC-AD 1910)
1. The Three Kingdoms(57 BC-AD 668)
and the Unified Sills Kingdom(668-935)
2. The Koryo Dynasty(918-1392)
3. The Choson Dynasty(1392-1910)

III. Higher Education in the Modern Period(AD 1910-1990s)
1. Japanese Colonial Rule (1910-1945)
2. U.S. Military government (1945-1948)
3. Republic of Korea (1948-1990s)

Part Three. Religious and Philosophical Factors
IV. Buddhism in the Traditional Period
1. Hwarang in th Silla Kingdom Period
2. Monastic Buddhist Schools in the Traditional Period

V. Confucianism in the Choson Period
1. The Governmental Administrative Structure and Educational Administrators
2. Seongkyunkwan (The National Comfucian Acsdemy)
3. Kwa-keo (The National Civil Service Examination) Systems

VI. Christianity and Western Thoughts in the Late Choson Period
1. Roman Catholicism and Protestantism
2. Protestantism
3. Missionary Higher Education

VII. Japanese Imperialism under Its Colonial Rule
1. Shintoism
2. Japanese Imperial Higher Education

VIII. American Infuence : 1945-1948
(Americanism under the United State Military Government)

IX. Contemporary Thoughts
1. The Context of Contemporary Korean Higher Education
2. Contemporary Korean Higher Education :
Perspectives of Educational Administration
3. Legal Basis of Education and Administrative Structure
4. The Current Educational Administrative Structure and School Systems
5. The Impact of Contemporary Thoughts on Educational
Administration in Korean Higher Educations
6. The Characteristics of Contemporary Korean Higher Education

Part Four. Summary and Conclusion
X. Summary and Conclusion
XI. Implications for Korean Higher Education
and Educational Administration