National Assembly Futures Institute (NAFI) Will Hold the 1st National Assembly Futures Forum
Crisis of Local Extinction and Alternatives: Future of Local Universities
The National Assembly Futures Forum will be hosted by the National Assembly Futures Institute (NAFI) at the Marina Convention Center, Yeouido, Seoul on April 22 at 1:30 p.m. to explore solutions under the theme of “Crisis of Local Extinction and Alternatives: Future of Local Universities”, together with the Standing Committees (Education Committee, Public Administration and Security Committee & Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee) and member research groups (National Assembly Forum for Response to Low Birth, Citizen Future Forum & National Reconstruction Forum). The event will be broadcast live on the NAFI YouTube channel.
Recent decline in the youth population of statutory eligible age group causes local universities to be far short of it full quota and abolished one after another. The crisis of local universities is directly affected by the same factors as the local extinction, for example, population decline, lack of education and welfare systems. Various media outlets are reporting on the crisis local universities are facing.
Consequently, NAFI will hold the 1st National Assembly Futures Forum on the subject of Crisis of Local Extinction and Alternatives: Future of Local Universities” to comprehensively approach and discuss on higher and lifelong educations, local economy, innovation, and balanced development.
Prof. Kim Yeong-jin (Law Department of Daejeon University) will give a presentation on the topic of “Crisis of Local Universities: Current Status and Future”, followed by a presentation of Yi So-yeong, Chief of the Center in the Korea Research Institute for Local Administration, regarding “Future Strategy of Local Universities in Response to Crisis of Local Extinction”.
Panelists of a discussion, with Kang Hyun-soo (President of the Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements) as a moderator, will include Kim Sang-mi, Officer of the Economic Analysis Department, National Assembly Budget Office; Yi Deok-nan, National Assembly Researcher of the National Assembly Research Service; Kim Yu-bean, NAFI’s Researcher Fellow; Seo Yeong-yin, Chief at Office of Higher Education Research, Korean Educational Development Institute; Chae Chang-gyun, Senior Research Fellow of the Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training; Kim Seok-jung, Head of Research Headquarters, Research Institute for Gangwon.
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