SKKU is the first in Korea to open “Student Success Center”, which will act as a hub providing information on university life and education for the success of the students. The Center opened on March 21st at 3PM.
The definition of “Student Success” are the following:
-In a new educational environment where education, research and business is organically connected,
-students get to experience and take part in various programs related to subject/non-subject,
-make valuable student achievements,
-and develop as a creative global talent suitable for the future society
The Student Success Center will support and manage the achievement of students. Specifically:
- 1) Gateway for Student Success
- 2) Establish a role model of Student Success
- 3) Restructure student support program
- 4) Manage students using the Big Data
Firstly, Student Success Center acts as the gateway which provides consultation service connecting the students to the relevant department of the university. It will become a hub that creates efficiency between related organizations.
Secondly, it will host seminars and lecture sessions about university lifestyle and future career options to establish a role model of Student Success.
Thirdly, it will reorganize the student support system on the basis of the core capabilities (SKKU Pentagon)* and provide student counseling service.
*SKKU Pentagon: self-motivation capabilities, convergence capabilities, entrepreneur capabilities, citizenship capabilities and global capabilities.
Lastly, Student Success Center will construct a database by collecting student counseling records and manage the records for efficiency in counseling. It will also run an academic achievement management system using the data and establish improvement plans for the students.
Director of the Student Success Center emphasized that, “Students must also voluntarily participate and work along with the school for “Student Success”. I hope that the Student Success Center become a foundation for innovations in Korean universities.”
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