순천향대학교의 연구년제도 개선에 관한 연구 = Study on the improvement of Sabbatical year program of the Soonchunhyang University

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study was done for the purpose of making an improved provision for sabbatical year program of the Soonchunhyang university. We made a comparison, between the provision for sabbatical year of Soonchunhyang university and those of other 16 universities in Korea, and proposed a new rule for sabbatical year program. The main features of the reformed plan are as follows.
1) Diversification of sabbatical year program based on a period of time and contents into two categories : research fellowship and reduction of the lecture time for duty per semester.
2) More detailed description of the purpose for sabbatical year program.
3) Relief of the qualification for application.
4) More strict prescription to the number of faculties for sabbatical year.
5) More definite prescription to the faculty's obligations.
To be more progressive and competitive in 21st century for Soonchunhyang university, new approaches to program for faculty retraining including the sabbatical year rule are needed.