지방대학의 헌법적 보장과 지방대학 육성 및 발전을 위한 법제도적 방안에 대한 검토

The core functions of universities are academic research, education, and social contribution. Local universities fulfill these essential functions and roles of universities, and local universities should be guaranteed their existence and autonomy on the basis of university autonomy and educational autonomy. In addition, local universities are justified in terms of pluralism, localism, local autonomy and balanced regional development. Universities essentially have a role as an academic community. Therefore, universities should be able to decide and realize their own policies under the principles of academic freedom, educational autonomy, and university autonomy. When it comes to governmental policy decisions on universities, guaranteeing the university's role as an academic community and its autonomy should be considered as a priority criterion. And university policies must be decided through participation with a pluralistic perspective. Despite the crisis of local extinction and the decrease in new students in local universities, university restructuring should not be decided with a competitive perspective. It should be considered to make a decision to save the characteristics of each university, and to consider the unique purpose of the university. Through this, the academic freedom of local university members and the equal opportunities to receive higher education, and the autonomy of local universities will be substantially guaranteed. Local universities contribute to society by sharing their achievements of research and education, collaborating with the local community, and passing down the social and cultural characteristics and characteristics of the region. Constitutional guarantees for local universities are requested as contributing to the balanced development of the national territory, local autonomy, and pluralism. The crisis of local universities will eventually lead to problems of lack of local infrastructure, insufficient educational and cultural opportunities, and lack of various educational services. In particular, the principle of equality should be taken into account in policies for local universities. And university policy should ultimately conform to the constitutional principle of balanced regional development. In common, recently promoted local university policies have problems in concentrating financial support on a small number of universities selected through competition and inducing university restructuring. Despite the need for the crisis of local universities, the essential function of universities should not be overlooked. In particular, it is necessary to consider the constitutional value and request for existence of local universities. First of all, the minimum financial support for the existence of local universities must be equally guaranteed to local universities. In addition, it is required to consider the unique historical, cultural, and geographical characteristics of the region, and to support local universities that can not jeopardize the cultural and social foundation of the region.