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Rutherford
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 Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2013 11:26 pm Post subject: 35 colleges get failing grades, lose subsidies |
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from http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2976892
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The Ministry of Education identified 35 underperforming private universities yesterday, a move that cuts off all public financial support the schools can receive in 2014.
The listed colleges will also be barred from participating in any government-led research projects.
The crackdown is part of the government’s push to restructure and reduce the country’s postsecondary education system, as the number of students graduating high school is rapidly falling. |
Any idea what will happen to people teaching at these colleges? |
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andrewchon
Joined: 16 Nov 2008
Location: Back in Oz. Living in ISIS Aust.
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| Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 1:47 am Post subject: |
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Out on the street I'm afraid. 
Korea has a dilemma. There are far too many universities. However, not enough are in away from Seoul-Incheon-Suwon triangle, but that's where more are needed. New schools not in the triangle take time to get established and have low rankings. They just got the chop. Inevitable backlash will be: gov favouring old established school from competition etc. The sky won't fall down tomorrow, however. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 2:05 am Post subject: Re: 35 colleges get failing grades, lose subsidies |
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| Rutherford wrote: |
from http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2976892
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The Ministry of Education identified 35 underperforming private universities yesterday, a move that cuts off all public financial support the schools can receive in 2014.
The listed colleges will also be barred from participating in any government-led research projects.
The crackdown is part of the government’s push to restructure and reduce the country’s postsecondary education system, as the number of students graduating high school is rapidly falling. |
Any idea what will happen to people teaching at these colleges? |
a) Develop as a niche uni with tight specialization and get their status reinstated or
b) Let the current students complete their programs/transfer out and shut down due to lack of funding.
Since they were under performing in the first place I suspect that the latter rather than the former will likely be the end result.
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12ax7
Joined: 07 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 3:58 am Post subject: Re: 35 colleges get failing grades, lose subsidies |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
| Rutherford wrote: |
from http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2976892
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The Ministry of Education identified 35 underperforming private universities yesterday, a move that cuts off all public financial support the schools can receive in 2014.
The listed colleges will also be barred from participating in any government-led research projects.
The crackdown is part of the government’s push to restructure and reduce the country’s postsecondary education system, as the number of students graduating high school is rapidly falling. |
Any idea what will happen to people teaching at these colleges? |
a) Develop as a niche uni with tight specialization and get their status reinstated or
b) Let the current students complete their programs/transfer out and shut down due to lack of funding.
Since they were under performing in the first place I suspect that the latter rather than the former will likely be the end result.
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Yes, no doubt. At a conference I attended a few years back, the researcher forecast that some schools will begin closing their doors in 2015.
At my university, they've been planning for years in advance for the predicted drop in applicants and so they've invested a great deal of funds in finding not one, but several niches for the school. It's doing quite well in terms of enrollment as a result. |
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Stan Rogers
Joined: 20 Aug 2010
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| Too many new universities/colleges sprang up over the years. It's also demographics. The birth rate in Korea took a serious drop after the IMF and never recovered. That drop is filtering through to the post secondary level now. |
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drydell
Joined: 01 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 4:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Anyone seen the full list? |
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Milwaukiedave
Joined: 02 Oct 2004
Location: Goseong
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| Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 4:31 am Post subject: |
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| drydell, no list in English. I'm sure there is one, but it is probably in Korean. |
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BloodySundae
Joined: 12 Feb 2010
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12ax7
Joined: 07 Nov 2009
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http://m.blog.naver.com/hinfl23/40196146123
My uni is on the list - I'll have to consider not resigning. |
Gee, that sucks (And I think you meant not re-signing).
I went to the campus of one of the universities listed at your link on a Saturday this spring and it was deserted. I saw maybe 3 or 4 people that looked like students, and I was there for 2 hours.
PS. There are always plenty of students at my university on weekends, even during vacation. |
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cdninkorea
Joined: 27 Jan 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 2:07 am Post subject: |
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| Stan Rogers wrote: |
| Too many new universities/colleges sprang up over the years. It's also demographics. The birth rate in Korea took a serious drop after the IMF and never recovered. That drop is filtering through to the post secondary level now. |
It'll still be a few years until those born in 1997 (the beginning of the economic crisis) and afterward start university- most of my current first year university students were born in 1994. |
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jvalmer
Joined: 06 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 7:42 am Post subject: |
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| cdninkorea wrote: |
| Stan Rogers wrote: |
| Too many new universities/colleges sprang up over the years. It's also demographics. The birth rate in Korea took a serious drop after the IMF and never recovered. That drop is filtering through to the post secondary level now. |
It'll still be a few years until those born in 1997 (the beginning of the economic crisis) and afterward start university- most of my current first year university students were born in 1994. |
Korea's birth rate has been on the decline since 1960, when it was averaging 6-ish. Don't think you can pinpoint it to 1997, but it's just a general trend most countries have as they get richer. It's more marked in the 'Asian Tigers' because there is little immigration to help them out. And lower birthrates is actually a worldwide trend for rich, and poor, countries. |
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12ax7
Joined: 07 Nov 2009
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| Too many new universities/colleges sprang up over the years. It's also demographics. The birth rate in Korea took a serious drop after the IMF and never recovered. That drop is filtering through to the post secondary level now. |
Well, it's common knowledge that certain universities are in the business of creating a slush fund for their owners and board of directors. The blatant corruption at certain schools is part of the reason why they aren't able to attract students. |
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tob55
Joined: 29 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 3:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Does anyone actually have a link to the 35 colleges and universities that have been affected by this? I saw some of the list from the article, but there is little else offered in terms of the complete list of institutions being affected. |
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IamBabo
Joined: 16 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 6:54 pm Post subject: list |
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| It seems that it has been updated in English, check that link again.. |
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drcrazy
Joined: 19 Feb 2003
Location: Pusan. Yes, that's right. Pusan NOT Busan. I ain't never been to no place called Busan
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| Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 5:08 am Post subject: Re: list |
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| It seems that it has been updated in English, check that link again.. |
I see that once again Gyeongju University is on the list. It looks like their hiring about 100 native teachers all with an MA and several also with a PhD did not help. |
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