광역 컨소시엄 기반 대학 평생교육체제 모델의 구조와 전환 메커니즘 = Structural Dynamics and Transition Mechanisms in a Metropolitan Consortium-Based University Lifelong Education System

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study examines the structural formation of university lifelong education systems based on regional consortia involving metropolitan governments, universities, and local communities. Moving beyond institution-centered approaches, it focuses on how such systems are formed, coordinated, and expanded within regional collaborative structures. Using the second phase of the Lifelong Education System Support Project (LiFE 2.0) as a case, the analysis explores institutional formation processes, governance structures, linkages with regional learning ecosystems, and patterns of policy connection.
The findings indicate that consortium-based operations are associated with the integration of adult learner-oriented academic, organizational, and support systems into formal university structures, contributing to the gradual consolidation of governance-based arrangements. Governance structures vary across regions, taking the form of industry-linked, community-based, and network-expansion types. In addition, regional learning ecosystems connecting education, industry, employment, and settlement show increasing interconnection at the regional level. These patterns further suggest that accumulated operational structures and collaborative experiences tend to be progressively aligned with broader policy frameworks, indicating the potential for institutional linkage across policy domains.
This study reconceptualizes regional consortium-based university lifelong education systems as structural platforms that mediate universities, regions, and industries, and proposes an analytical framework for understanding their formation and expansion within regional innovation governance, highlighting the role of universities as anchor institutions.