Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the policy trends for the internationalization of higher education in Korea, and suggest a future direction toward the pursuit of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Design/methodology/approach

This paper presents a case study of Korea focusing on its internationalization in higher education. In order to analyze the government policy trends and institutional strategies for internationalization, the relevant literature and documents were analyzed.

Findings

The government policy for the internationalization of higher education in Korea has consisted of three stages: first, controlled outbound mobility; second, a major shift and focus on inbound mobility, recently along with intraregional cooperation for both directions of mobility in Asia and third, the beginning of efforts toward the pursuit of the SDGs, which needs to be expanded and systematized further.

Originality/value

This paper shows presents the comprehensive review of internationalization policies in Korean higher education, including the recent programs and changes at both the governmental and institutional levels. There has been a notable lack of discussion on the SDGs in relation to the internationalization of Korean higher education, which is addressed in this paper.

中文翻译：

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韩国高等教育的国际化：追求可持续发展目标的政策趋势

目的

本文的目的是分析韩国高等教育国际化的政策趋势，并为实现可持续发展目标（SDGs）提出未来的方向。

设计/方法/方法

本文以韩国高等教育国际化为例，进行了案例研究。为了分析国际化的政府政策趋势和体制策略，分析了相关文献和文件。

发现

韩国政府对高等教育国际化的政策包括三个阶段：第一，控制出境流动性；第二，控制出国流动性。第二，重大转变和重点是入境流动，最近是针对亚洲两个流动方向的区域内合作，第三是开始追求可持续发展目标的努力，这需要进一步扩大和系统化。

创意/价值

本文展示了韩国高等教育国际化政策的全面回顾，包括最近的计划以及政府和机构层面的变化。关于韩国​​高等教育国际化的可持续发展目标，目前缺乏明显的讨论，本文将对此进行讨论。