학습자 지원을 위한 등록금 개선 방안

This study sought to study ways to improve tuition to support learners, focusing on the per-credit tuition system. Specifically, we analyzed cases where the per-credit tuition system is operated and compared it with the tuition fees of general universities to determine whether full introduction of the per-credit tuition system is realistically possible. The total tuition was calculated by multiplying the per-semester tuition or per-subject tuition of schools operating a per-credit tuition system by the number of department seats, and then dividing this by the number of department seats at the analyzed university. The simple calculation of per-semester tuition showed a significant difference from the actual university subject to analysis. This result appears to be due to differences in the number of students depending on the number of students enrolled. Therefore, it is judged to be difficult to fully introduce the per-credit tuition system to the universities under analysis, which have only 100 students per year. In addition, the full introduction of the per-credit tuition system is expected to result in a fundamental change in the time frame for students and university officials regarding university, and a change in the existing university education view is required. Therefore, it is judged that the phased introduction of a credit-based tuition system is desirable. This study presented the need to improve the tuition system by examining the feasibility of introducing a per-credit tuition system in a situation where universities' financial difficulties have worsened due to recent policies such as tuition caps, national scholarships, and half-price tuition.