[Korean study series 17]

Korean elite/higher education has been affected by historic factors. The significant religious and philosophical elements influencing Korean elite/higher education have been Buddhism, Confucianism, Shinto-Confucianism, Christianity, and Western thoughts. In particular, the traditional thoughts such as Buddhism and Confucianism have affected a spiritual side, whereas the grafted ideas such as Christianity and Western thoughts have contributed to a formal side. The characteristics of contemporary Korean higher education have maintained the hierarchically closed organizational structure and culture with formal authoritarian interaction patterns.

한국의 고등교육은 역사적 요인들에 영향을 받았다. 한국 고등교육에 영향을 미친 중요한 종교적․철학적 요소들로는 불교, 유교, 신도, 기독교와 서양사상들을 들 수 있다. 불교와 유교 같은 전통사상들이 정신적인 면에 영향을 미친 반면 기독교와 서구사상들과 같은 이식된 사상들은 주로 외형적인 면에 영향을 끼쳤다. 오늘날 한국 고등교육의 특징으로는 형식적 권위주의 상호작용 패턴을 가진 위계적 폐쇄형 조직구조를 들 수 있다.

Part One Introduction
Ⅰ. Identification of the Problem

Part Two Historical Background
Ⅱ. Elite Education in the Traditional Period (57 BC-AD 1910)
Ⅲ. Higher Education in the Modern Period (AD 1910-1990s)

Part Three Religious and Philosophical Factors
Ⅳ. Buddhism in the Traditional Period
Ⅴ. Confucianism in the Choson Period
Ⅵ. Christianity and Western Thoughts in the Late Choson Period
Ⅶ. Japanese Imperialism under Its Colonial Rule
Ⅷ. American Influence : 1945-1948 (Avericanism under the United States Military Government)
Ⅸ. Contemporary Thoughts

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