A Study on the Effective Strategies for Quality Management of Graduate Education

As graduate education is emphasized as a key field that plays an important role in strengthening national competitiveness, comprehensive quality management of overall graduate education is required. This study was conducted to explore ways to establish an effective performance management system for graduate education and research. To achieve this objective, the study provided an overview of the graduate school information disclosure system, assessed awareness of current performance indicators for quality management in graduate programs, and aimed to identify additional indicators that require strategic management. The study also examined the perceptions of educational stakeholders regarding the importance of new information disclosure items for effective graduate school quality management and compared the perceived importance and implementation levels according to those responsible for graduate-related tasks within the institution. The analysis revealed that the current level of management is relatively inadequate compared to the importance in areas such as research performance, educational conditions and support systems, education and industry-academia cooperation, school and foundation accounting, and post-graduation pathways. Furthermore, it was identified that specific information items, including full-time faculty research performance, qualifications and regulations related to thesis evaluation, current status and measures related to graduate student rights, and educational expenses per graduate student, need to be newly included in the disclosure system.