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The Establishment and Operation of the Armed Forces Associate University just after the Korean War

  • military history
  • 2022, (124), pp.1-32
  • DOI : 10.29212/mh.2022..124.1
  • Publisher : Military History Institute, MND
  • Research Area : Humanities > History
  • Received : July 18, 2022
  • Accepted : August 30, 2022
  • Published : September 15, 2022

Sangho Lee 1

1국방부군사편찬연구소

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ABSTRACT

As part of higher education during the Korean War, education for soldiers began in February 1951 as a Wartime Associate University. However, this system was a higher education institution, including the general public, and active-duty soldiers could attend school only if they were posted in the rear area. In some previous studies, this Wartime Associate University was evaluated as Korea's original education system, but it was borrowed from China's National Southwestern Associate University in the late 1930s. But the reason why we're paying attention to the Wartime Associate University is that we can find out the initial appearance of the Armed Forces Associate University , which was established in January 1954, from the very basis of its establishment. In 1953, the Korean military strengthened general education in the military by imitating the system of the United Stated Armed Forces Institute and attempting to improve civic education. Along with such the education for the illiterate and elementary and secondary education, university education, which is a higher education, was conducted through an organization called the Armed Forces Associate UniversityThe Armed Forces Associate University had been executed for two years from 1954 to January 1956, educating about 3,200 students. At that time, the number of college students under the poor educational environment was just only 30,000. The operation and implementation of the university education system in the county have many implications. In other words, the emphasis of the military's modernization policy leading higher education can be seen. Often, the lead the way of modernization policies in the undeveloped countries from the acquisition of military discipline and advanced technology. In the case of Korea, educated officers have accumulated experience in managing projects that are beneficial to the national economy. It is meaningful that the Armed Forces Associate University played a part in the operation and achievement of higher education.

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