New President of the Korean Council for University Education Appointed: Hong Won-hwa, President of Kyungpook National University
Hong Won-hwa, President of Kyungpook National University, Nominated as Next Chairman Candidate
Korean Council for University Education Proposes Special Act on Higher Education Financial Support to Presidential Candidates
Hong Won-hwa, President of Kyungpook National University (photo), will serve as the next chairman of the Korea Council for University Education, a consortium of four-year universities.
On the afternoon of the 26th, the council held its regular general meeting at The-K Hotel in Yangjae-dong, Seoul, and nominated President Hong as the new chairman candidate. Hong will take office in March and lead the council for two years.
The new chairman Hong graduated from the Department of Architectural Engineering at Kyungpook National University and earned his master's and doctoral degrees in engineering (architecture) from Waseda University. He joined Kyungpook National University as a professor in the Department of Architectural Engineering in 1999 and has served as Director of External Cooperation, Director of Industry-Academia Cooperation, Dean of the College of Engineering, and was inaugurated as president of Kyungpook National University in 2020. Chairman Hong has also served as the Chair of the Engineering Sector Committee of the Council’s Six-Category Standard Classification Review Committee.
At the general meeting, the council urged presidential candidates from all parties to "enact a Special Act on Higher Education Financial Support to increase higher education funding from 0.6% to 1.1% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and to secure resources by converting the education tax, a national tax, into a higher education tax."
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Furthermore, they proposed ▲ digital higher education innovation models such as universities without campuses and visiting universities ▲ ‘Small and Medium-sized City-type Win-Win Innovation Parks’ where university campuses coexist with companies, research and development institutions, and local communities ▲ and the establishment of a ‘Comprehensive Management Plan for Regional Marginal Universities’ to support the closure and liquidation of regional universities facing difficulties in recovery.
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