The purposes of study are 1) to identify factors forming images of higher education in Korea and 2) to investigate the differences in images according to sex, age and educational experiences. Then every organization including university is trying eag...
The purposes of study are 1) to identify factors forming images of higher education in Korea and 2) to investigate the differences in images according to sex, age and educational experiences. Then every organization including university is trying eagerly to achieve its objectives.
However, Incase of Korea, The university as a public institution neglects in activities to elevate its images comparing to order institutions and also do not participate eagery in research activity about the elevation of images.
Accordingly, This study is trying to solve the basic research problem as followings to provide the baseline of theory for elevation of images.
1. What factors are there in images of higher education institution?
2. What differences are shown in images by sex, age and educational experiences?
To answer the above questions, the related literatures were reviewed and the questionnaires were developed and implemented to identify the current status of images of higher education institution. The result of analysis are as follows;
1) factors of images for university.
The results of factor analysis show that there are four factors such as ethical factor, rational factor, dynamic factor and evaluative factors in images.
The variance by factors are as follows;
factor I 16.38%
factor II 14.39%
Factor III 14.08%
factor IV 9.85%
The above four factors explain 54.7% of total variance.
2) differences in image by sex
There are no singnificant differences are shown in images by sex of other variables except Suwon college.
3) differences in images by age
There are no significant differences are shown in images by age of other variables.
4) differences in images by educational experience
There are no significant differences are shown in images by educational experience of other variables.
In summary, The highly educated person has more negative images of university than the lower educated person. The younger generation also has more negative images of university than the older one. the college student thinks the university is not the best place in seeking for ideal The man also has more negative images than the woman.
In conclusion, The university should try to elevate the images of university for every walks of life.