"Identifying Financial Autonomy and External Accountability of Higher Education Institutions; The Phase II Brain Korea 21 Project in South Korea"
LEE, DONG SEOB (2009)
LEE, DONG SEOB
2009
Hallintotiede - Administrative Science
Kauppa- ja hallintotieteiden tiedekunta - Faculty of Economics and Administration
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Hyväksymispäivämäärä
2009-12-08
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:uta-1-20234
https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:uta-1-20234
Tiivistelmä
One of challenges facing competitive higher education in South Korea is how to make a good balance between autonomy and accountability of higher education institutions by effectively utilizing limited public funds. Faced with this challenge, careful consideration of financial reform and allocation measures on higher education institutions from the government is needed and the financial resources from the private sectors should also be reconsidered.
This paper focuses on the financial autonomy and external accountability of higher education institutions under the Brain Korea 21 Phase II Project and identifies the relationship between the funding agency, the Brain Korea 21 and New University for Regional Innovation Committee, and the higher education institutions as to how the allocation mechanism of the Brain Korea 21 Project has been applied in the context of autonomy and accountability. In this study, a purposive sampling is used in order to access those people who have in-depth knowledge in a single case of Brain Korea 21 Project. The arguments for more market-oriented or new forms of governance can be understood in the context of analytical framework. But whether decentralization, openness, performance-based, and selective support to strengthen diversity and accountability produce quality or not remains a visible question.
In a formula-driven and block grant lump-sum budget from the Brain Korea 21 and New University for Regional Innovation Committee under the Brain Korea 21 Phase II Project has provided the minimum condition for education and research and somewhat enhanced the institutional autonomy of higher education institutions but financial autonomy has not been given too much compared with the Brain Korea 21 Phase I Project because most resources sticks to the stipends for graduate students as usual. And the external accountability of higher education institutions has been increased in a form of self-evaluation and self-reporting based on performance index and external audit of the Brain Korea 21 and New University for Regional Innovation Committee.
This paper will help state policymakers and higher education administrators in making more informed decisions when designing and implementing performance indicators, reflecting on the trends toward innovative allocation mechanisms in the lights of international cases.
Asiasanat:Allocation mechanism; Brain Korea 21 Project; block grants; external accountability; formula funding; financial autonomy; governance; performance-based management
This paper focuses on the financial autonomy and external accountability of higher education institutions under the Brain Korea 21 Phase II Project and identifies the relationship between the funding agency, the Brain Korea 21 and New University for Regional Innovation Committee, and the higher education institutions as to how the allocation mechanism of the Brain Korea 21 Project has been applied in the context of autonomy and accountability. In this study, a purposive sampling is used in order to access those people who have in-depth knowledge in a single case of Brain Korea 21 Project. The arguments for more market-oriented or new forms of governance can be understood in the context of analytical framework. But whether decentralization, openness, performance-based, and selective support to strengthen diversity and accountability produce quality or not remains a visible question.
In a formula-driven and block grant lump-sum budget from the Brain Korea 21 and New University for Regional Innovation Committee under the Brain Korea 21 Phase II Project has provided the minimum condition for education and research and somewhat enhanced the institutional autonomy of higher education institutions but financial autonomy has not been given too much compared with the Brain Korea 21 Phase I Project because most resources sticks to the stipends for graduate students as usual. And the external accountability of higher education institutions has been increased in a form of self-evaluation and self-reporting based on performance index and external audit of the Brain Korea 21 and New University for Regional Innovation Committee.
This paper will help state policymakers and higher education administrators in making more informed decisions when designing and implementing performance indicators, reflecting on the trends toward innovative allocation mechanisms in the lights of international cases.
Asiasanat:Allocation mechanism; Brain Korea 21 Project; block grants; external accountability; formula funding; financial autonomy; governance; performance-based management