65 universities applyed for the MEST ACE project.
Attributable to fostering of 'Y-type Human Resources' that combine Humanity, Creativity, Initiative, Specialty
Achieved 'Grand Slam' in nationally funded projects for education, research, and industry-academic cooperation, such as the 'WCU project' and 'Technology-Innovative LINC project'
[May 10, 2012]
Yeungnam University (president Lee, Hyo-soo) was selected in the '2012 Korean Advancement of College Education (ACE)' project. Thus, it was
officially recognized as the 'Good Teaching University'.
The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (minister Lee, Joo-ho, hereafter called 'MEST') announced the results of selecting the '2012 ACE project support universities' on the 10th. According to this, 3 universities in Korea including Yeungnam University will receive national funding for the advancement of undergraduate education for four years.
In this project,
65 four-year national and private universities applied and only 3 were selected after fierce 21 to 1 competition. Based on the undergraduate education advancement capacities and advancement plans, MEST made close and strict evaluations through a two-phase screening on the level of advancement such as the education conditions and achievements of each university, education differentiation, curriculum, education support system, etc.
In result, Yeungnam University was selected as the Good Teaching University.
Since 2009, YU conducted the Yeungnam Aptitude Test (YAT) on all students, while providing a student the career management system (YU CAN) in order to construct a systematic and scientific educational system in which 93% of all students can receive benefits of self-motivated career management and customized student guidance by counseling professors. In addition, it became the nation's first university to designate 'Reading the Great Books and Writing' as a mandatory general education course to develop a curriculum to foster Y-type human resources. Meanwhile, it also founded 'Creative Teaching Methods' and 'Teaching Method Research Groups' in which 936 professors participated in last year. Also, a total of 2,523 students attended the 'Creative Learning Method' seminar last year, and thus received high ratings for its considerable level of achievements made already.
936 professors participated in the 'Creative Teaching Method' last year
Thus, YU will receive about 10 billion won to 2015 in national funding and is planning to further promote the fostering of 'Y-type human resources', which has been consistently pursued since the appointment of Lee, Hyo-soo as president of the university in 2009. In order to establish the 'Y Plan', which is a human resource fostering system that spans across admission, education, graduation, employment, and reeducation, it is planning to accelerate the 'Y plan' that has been conducted for the past three years, by completing revising the curriculum for the balanced development of Humanity, Creativity, Initiative, and Specialty, which are the 4 major capacities of the Y-type human resources, systemizating the non-curricula through the development of curriculum, promotion of convergence and integrated diploma systems, and construction of road maps by key capacities and school year, and conducting the accreditation of 'Y-type human resources'. In addition, it is planning to compose the 'Y-type human resources fostering committee', in which the president of the university will also serve as the committee chair so that the entire process of the 'Y Plan' will be supervised and commanded, while its achievements can be systematically managed.
Lee, Hyo-soo, president of YU, stated, "It is quite meaningful that Yeungnam University's educational capacities is receiving the high marks by the government." while adding, "YU's research and industry-academic cooperation capacities were recognized recently with the WCU project and the Technology-Innovative LINC project. With this selection, we are also assessed to have the good undergraduate education capacities as well. We will flexibly integrate the best education, research, and industry-academy cooperation capacities and present and advanced educational model that can create synergy effects."
