Policy efforts to increase women faculty in Korea: reactions and changes at universities |
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Authors: | Namhee Kim Hea Jun Yoon and Gary N McLean |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Educational Administration and Human Resource Development, Texas A & M University, 511 Harrington Tower, College Station, TX 77843-4226, USA;(2) University of Minnesota, 1400 South Second St. B104, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA;(3) Texas A & M University, 555 Harrington Tower, College Station, TX 77843-4226, USA |
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Abstract: | Since 2001, the issue of the low ratio of women faculty in universities has been prominent in Korea because of its negative
impact on female students and gender equality at the university level that has affected human resource development and utilization
at the national level. To address this issue, the Korean government developed and executed an education policy, the Policy
on Women Faculty Increase (PWFI) from 2004 to 2006. This paper investigated reactions to the PWFI and changes made as a result
of the policy in the conservative Korean higher education context. We found that although the PWFI has particularly contributed
to increasing the representativeness of women faculty in areas in which women faculty used to be rare, overall the PWFI has
not made significant improvements in most participating universities due to the lack of internal motives and drivers and effective
systems to support the policy. Recommendations for improvements in the policy are offered. |
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