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Trevor
Joined: 16 Nov 2005
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Dukey77777
Joined: 28 Jun 2007
Location: Chungcheongbuk-do
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The exchange rate is normally around 1,000 won per US dollar
Really, when was this?  |
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Hanson
Joined: 20 Oct 2004
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The housing situation isn't very good... No housing allowance; they get you to pay for a dorm room... It also says you can only renew once, and applicants "MUST" have a Masters. It goes on to mention the possibility of forced overtime hours.
It's like they want to hire vagabonds with higher education... |
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Real Reality
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 6:18 am Post subject: |
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Two Thousand Two Hundred Sixty-eight Non-tenure Track Professors on the Edge
Donga.com (October 18, 2006)
http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?biid=2006101884668
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Regular professors work about 6 - 9 hours a week, but H works 15 hours.....
There are 2,268 non-tenure track professors working in 104 universities, including the ones appointed in 2003. The average teaching time is 10.9 hours a week, which is relatively more than regular professors, but they are paid only 79.3 percent on average compared to regular professors. However, this result is calculated based on basic pay, and it is known to be only half if considering an actual pay including allowances.... |
Only 22 foreign professors at 23 public universities
By Cho Ji-hyun, The Korea Herald (October 15, 2007)
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/NEWKHSITE/data/html_dir/2007/10/15/200710150006.asp
alternative link to the article
http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=108&oid=044&aid=0000068078
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| Despite universities' publicized efforts towards �globalization,� it was recently found that only 22 full-time foreign professors worked at Korea's 23 public universities in 2006, according to the Education Ministry's data.... |
Foreign Professors Take 3.7% of Total
Korea Times (October 15, 2007)
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2007/10/117_11914.html
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The ratio of foreign instructors at local universities hovers below 4 percent of the total, despite rising demand for internationalized education programs.
According to Rep. Lee Seong-kweun of the opposition Grand National Party Sunday, as of 2006, a total of 2,078 full-time foreign lecturers and professors belonged to 172 universities across the country, accounting for only 3.7 percent of 55,343 college instructors including full-time lecturers, associate and assistant professors.
Among 23 national universities, only eight schools hired 22 foreign professors in 2006, accounting for 0.17 percent of their 13,214 professors.....
The ratio of private universities was a little bit higher than that of public schools. A total of 1,976 foreign professors worked at 149 private universities, accounting for 5 percent of 39,406 professors..... |
Foreign Scholars Merit Equal Status
John B. Kotch, JoongAng Ilbo (June 14, 2002)
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200206/14/200206142349223599900090109011.html
New URL: http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=1904927
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| permanent foreign professors number only a handful compared to the legions of Korean professors at foreign universities, but they do most of the heavy lifting in terms of course loads, devoting themselves almost exclusively to teaching. Nevertheless, they tend to be treated as hired hands, without academic standing, and lacking the possibility of career advancement or tenure. They must submit to yearly contracts (compensated at a rate only 60 percent of their Korean peers) while walled off from the permanent Korean faculty who benefit from travel, research funding, sabbaticals, etc. Moreover, when hundreds of Korean scholars enjoy such perks at American and other foreign universities, something is obviously amiss. |
Professors 'Routinely Pass Substandard Work'
Chosun Ilbo (August 14, 2007)
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200708/200708140015.html
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| Some 60-70 percent of advanced degree holders in Korea are unqualified, and professors are to blame for approving substandard work, Sungkyunkwan University art professor Jung Jin-soo said Monday. In a phone interview with the Chosun Ilbo on Monday, Jung said, "I have approved many poorly written dissertations." |
Integrity of University Professors
Chung Yeon Ho, The Korea Herald (July 1, 2004)http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2004/07/01/200407010011.asp
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http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=108&oid=044&aid=0000044872
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Since my return to Korea, I have been involved in various academic processes, including the examination of both master`s and doctoral theses. To my knowledge, there has never been a single case in Korea where a Ph.D. candidate has failed to obtain his or her degree. Speaking as a Korean professor, however, I acknowledge that not all theses submitted are necessarily outstanding.
I think that the reason for this is a sentiment widespread in Korean society. In making an important decision for the award of a degree, we often ask ourselves, "How can you dare to fail a candidate?" This deep-rooted custom is derived from a combination of sentiment and manners and has tarnished university competitiveness as well as producing incompetent scholars and scientists.... |
Bogus Degree Scandals Are Growing
By Moon Gwang-lip, JoongAng Daily (August 20, 2007)
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2879479
Most Academic Fakes Still in the Same Job
By Kim Soe-jung, JoongAng Daily (November 12, 2007)
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2882622 |
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aka Dave
Joined: 02 May 2008
Location: Down by the river
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I work in a small University setting. There are four profs, one can speak English fluently (she's the head of the dept.) the other 3 if
they were on a sinking ship could not ask where the lifeboat was. It's downright pathetic the level of English they allow for these profs. In a way I understand, they're older guys and didn't have they educational opportunities students have now. |
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PRagic
Joined: 24 Feb 2006
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Saw a couple of decent, entry level jobs on the board this a.m. Not bad for somebody looking to break in to university teaching, and at least they require the MA. With experience and a good teaching record, you could probably do better.
Oh, and did anyone see the article in the Herald yesterday about how, '...1000 foreign scholars had applied for funding from the Korean government to work in Korea?' I couldn't believe they'd have the gaul to write that! The universities individually put out job ads saying that they were recruiting across all diciplines. The people who applied were just applying for a job, not 'funding'. SNU, however, could only hire 22 people out of a projected 100, and a only 4 or so of them were hired tenure-track (from a Korean newspaper article).
Yikes. So how would that make you feel? You apply for a job in Korea, only to find out that they're making it sound like you are so into Korea that you asked the government for money to work there. Can't see this as panning out to be a good PR move! |
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Scotticus
Joined: 18 Mar 2007
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| In a way I understand, they're older guys and didn't have they educational opportunities students have now. |
Are they English teachers? You said your "department" so I assume so. It is NOT in ANY WAY understandable that someone in an English department at the university level should be terrible at speaking English. I didn't study physics, so I sure as *beep* don't feel entitled to a job teaching physics at some college. Just because they're old doesn't entitle them to 1) not know what they're teaching and 2) *beep* their students education at the same time. |
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