Sunchon National University Achieves Consecutive 2-Year Selection as an Excellent University for Promoting Gender Equality

[Suncheon=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] Suncheon National University (President Ko Young-jin) announced on the 13th that it has been selected for the second consecutive year as an ‘Excellent University for Promoting Gender Equality in 2021’ by the Ministry of Education.

On the 7th, the Ministry of Education announced the ‘2021 National University Gender Equality Promotion Performance Evaluation Results,’ and Suncheon National University was ranked first among A-grade (excellent) universities in the General University Group II with fewer than 500 full-time faculty members. Among 38 national and public universities, it was selected as one of the top universities along with Chungnam National University and Cheongju National University of Education.

In this regard, the Ministry of Education held a National University Gender Equality Support Project Performance Symposium at the Korea Press Center on the 10th, where Kang Ui-sung, Dean of Academic Affairs at Suncheon National University, presented the current status and best practices of gender equality at Suncheon National University to participants from national and public universities nationwide.

Suncheon National University’s proportion of female faculty members increased by 5.7% over the past five years, from 21.5% last year to 22.9% this year. Last year, the proportion of female faculty among newly appointed faculty reached an outstanding 38.1%, earning high praise.

In particular, the university encourages the preferential recruitment of female faculty in departments with less than 20% female faculty, establishes female preference criteria for tied evaluation results, and actively works to recruit female faculty. It also implements a mandatory quota system for female committee members on major internal committees to expand support for improving the status of female faculty.

Suncheon National University has been selected as an excellent university five times, in 2004, 2014, 2018, 2020, and most recently, achieving the remarkable feat of being selected for two consecutive years since President Ko Young-jin’s inauguration in 2019.

President Ko Young-jin stated, “We will continue to actively strive to secure gender diversity when recruiting professors and to improve the status of women on campus so that a culture of gender equality can be firmly established at the university.”

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