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Real Reality
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul
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 Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 6:18 am Post subject: Degree Business: Buying Degrees in Korea |
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Education Ministry cracks down on 'degree business'
Last month, the Prosecutors' Office in the southwestern city of Jeonju indicted a total of 29 professors, arresting five, on charges of awarding master's or doctorate degrees to doctors in return for money. The going price for a master's degree was 5 million won and a doctorate 15 million won, according to the prosecutor.
Investigators said the professors were accused of being paid to conduct lab research and write theses for degree hopefuls - usually doctors who operated their own clinics. Experts say many doctors seek an advanced degree because the certificate can be attractive to a clinic. "A doctor with a doctorate sounds great to patients," said a professor at Hanyang University Medical Center on condition of anonymity.
Five universities, including Chunbook National University and Kyung Hee University, were involved in the scandal and 198 doctors were given frauduleant certificates, the investigator said.
By Jin Hyun-joo, Korea Herald (April 4, 2005)
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2005/04/05/200504050003.asp |
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andrew
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andrew
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Manner of Speaking
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I'm sure there's more than one Andrew in Busan...but did you ever work at Cho Young Gyo Language Institute, near PNU? |
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andrew
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andrew
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agraham
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Location: Daegu, Korea
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| Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2005 2:24 am Post subject: |
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| There's such a thing as a doctor without a doctorate? Isn't that a nurse? |
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