A Study on the Evaluation Schemes of BK21 FOUR in South Korea
In order to enhance the world competitiveness of South Korea's higher edu-cation,the South Korean government has launched a series of policies and measures to culti-vate and build world-class universities,including the"Brain Korea 21st Century Project"(BK21).And then South Korean government launched"Fostering Outstanding Universities for Research"(BK21 FOUR)in 2020.The"BK21 FOUR"presents typical characteristics such as"emphasizing the objective fairness and scientific transparency of selection and evaluation,emphasizing the balanced development of universities in various regions","em-phasizing the combination of quantitative and qualitative evaluation,as well as differentiat-ed and diversified evaluation","emphasizing the cultivation and funding of academic new generation talents","emphasizing the quality evaluation of research results,and implement-ing competitive selection and evaluation".