It has been five years since the implementation of the admission officer
system to resolve the two periodic tasks - to activate public education and to
strengthen autonomy of universities. Despite the several concerns in the beginning,
results of many researches and reports supporting the effectiveness of the
Admission Officer System were announced one after another and the increase in
the actual number of the implementing universities have proven the system to be
one of the most advanced university admissions systems until this day.
Hence, new ways of skill tests and other types of examinations which
evaluate various talents of students have been introduced during the past 13 years.
As types of entrance examinations for schools of art have been diversified, several
universities have actively executed the Admission Officer System as the best
solution for the examination.
According to this research, the holistic evaluation process of the Admission
Officer System can evaluate many art and design-related qualities. Futhermore,
there are many possibilities that the Admission Officer System can solve various
problems from the past entrance examination systems.
For this research, I accept these changes in a positive perspective and
propose several steps to settle and improve the Admission Officer System for
schools of art in Korean universities. In conclusion, each university must first
establish own concept of talent and academic curriculums, and also should
establish proper substantial proposal for the Admission Officer System to develop
and specialize own entrance examination processes. Accordingly, the ways of
entrance examinations should be precisely directed based on the concept of talent
and curriculums of each university.