<p><font color="#33711E"><strong>Day 2 – Plenary Session III: Partnerships for Development</strong></font></p>
Queen's Park 1, 13:30 - 15:30
Region Building in the Republic of Korea through Cross-Border Higher Education: The Case of Handong Global University
Young-Gil Kim
Handong Global University, Republic of Korea
Within a single generation, the Republic of Korea has transformed itself from a major recipient to a donor country. Investments in human resource development have driven the country's economic miracle. Established in 1995, Handong Global University (HGU) aims to be a student-focused and market-driven higher educational institution that is meets the needs of the globalized world. From its inception, HGU has focused on the cultivation of the global leadership capacities of students. Its graduates are mainly employed by multinational companies. One of HGU's recent initiatives is the Global Edison Academy (GEA). It was established in 2006 with the purpose of implementing cross-disciplinary, higher education in the area of Global Enterprise Entrepreneurship. GEA offers selected students, who have the aspiration to become leaders in government and business, a degree programme which provides "whole-person education" with a global perspective. This includes development of the student's personality and leadership skills, elements essential for future global leaders. One of the programme's ultimate goals is to train students to become creators of new businesses and institutions rather than merely working for businesses created by someone else. In 2007, HGU was designated the host university for the UNESCO UNITWIN Network Programme for Capacity Building for Sustainable Development in Developing Countries in the Asia Region. Currently, an Institute for Global Education (IGE) is being jointly established on the HGU campus by the United Nations University (UNU), Tokyo, Japan and HGU, Pohang, Republic of Korea.
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