Towards an Inclusive Future: Understanding Diversity in Korean Higher Education through the Lense of America's Precedents
The recent discussions surrounding diversity in the United States, a country with a strong foothold in higher education globally, are particularly intriguing to me, a doctoral student majoring in higher education administration and an individual who has been working in the field of higher education internationalization for about 13 years. For the first time in the history of Harvard University, a black individual was elected president at the end of last year. It was in 2023, about 14 years after the emergence of the first black president of the United States, a world-leading power, that a black president was inaugurated at what is often referred to as the world's best university. Shortly after this news was announced, Purdue University, one of America's prestigious institutions, announced in early January 2023 that the university had its first Asian-American president in its history. Interestingly, this appointment drew further attention as it occurred soon after the chancell