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Yeolchae
Joined: 24 Aug 2006
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 Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 4:00 am Post subject: Korean Education Stats from OECD |
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http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/200609/kt2006091217443768040.htm
Highest priced National Universities:
1. Australia ($5,269)
2. U.S ($4,587)
3. Japan ($3,747)
4. Korea ($3,623)
Highest priced Private Universities:
1. U.S ($17,777)
2. Australia ($13,420)
3. Turkey ($11,961)
4. Korea ($6,953)
% of foreign students in Universities:
1. New Zealand (28.3%)
2. Australia (19.9%)
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30. Korea (0.3%)
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| The employment rate for college-educated Korean women remained at 57 percent, which is the lowest in all 34 countries. The OECD average stands at 79 percent |
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Guri Guy
Joined: 07 Sep 2003
Location: Bamboo Island
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| Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 5:11 am Post subject: |
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Wow. 0.3% are foreigners. Mind you, only 1% of residents or Korea are foreigners so this is hardly suprising.
Only 57% of women working after getting their degrees. It seems so futile. They slave away for years in schools and hagwans then don't even enter the workforce and use the skills they have worked so hard to get.
It's still an old boy's club here. |
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jaganath69
Joined: 17 Jul 2003
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| Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 5:32 am Post subject: Re: Korean Education Stats from OECD |
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| Yeolchae wrote: |
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/200609/kt2006091217443768040.htm
Highest priced National Universities:
1. Australia ($5,269)
2. U.S ($4,587)
3. Japan ($3,747)
4. Korea ($3,623)
Highest priced Private Universities:
1. U.S ($17,777)
2. Australia ($13,420)
3. Turkey ($11,961)
4. Korea ($6,953)
% of foreign students in Universities:
1. New Zealand (28.3%)
2. Australia (19.9%)
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30. Korea (0.3%)
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| The employment rate for college-educated Korean women remained at 57 percent, which is the lowest in all 34 countries. The OECD average stands at 79 percent |
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OK, aside from telling us the most expensive national universities and that Korea has fewer international students than the rest, what does this all mean? |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 5:39 am Post subject: |
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| Korean people are not getting their money's worth?? |
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Yeolchae
Joined: 24 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 5:50 am Post subject: Re: Korean Education Stats from OECD |
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| jaganath69 wrote: |
| OK, aside from telling us the most expensive national universities and that Korea has fewer international students than the rest, what does this all mean? |
What it means is subjective. It may mean nothing to you.
On the other hand some people might think it is interesting. |
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jaganath69
Joined: 17 Jul 2003
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| Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 6:08 am Post subject: Re: Korean Education Stats from OECD |
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| Yeolchae wrote: |
| jaganath69 wrote: |
| OK, aside from telling us the most expensive national universities and that Korea has fewer international students than the rest, what does this all mean? |
What it means is subjective. It may mean nothing to you.
On the other hand some people might think it is interesting. |
Don't get me wrong, its interesting nevertheless, but without analysis its just a bunch of stats. |
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EFLtrainer
Joined: 04 May 2005
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| Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 12:16 pm Post subject: |
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Hmmm.... some would say a good teacher knows what to do (provide stats)....
... then correct the lapses in logic without giving a personal opinion.
Hm....
P.S. My students hate this, but too damned bad. They will learn, whether they like it or not!
Hee-hee... |
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Cheonmunka
Joined: 04 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 1:51 pm Post subject: |
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My guess somebody's implying that foreigners don't want to attend Korean universities.
More likely it's that many students from China and Korea and Japan want to get a degree from an English speaking university and so NZ, Aus, Canada etc act like heat sinks holding all the foreign students. |
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wylies99
Joined: 13 May 2006
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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| Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 2:17 pm Post subject: |
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| My guess somebody's implying that foreigners don't want to attend Korean universities |
Why attend a Korean university when they're really nothing special- but extremely expensive? |
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Real Reality
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 2:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Guri Guy wrote: |
Wow. 0.3% are foreigners. Mind you, only 1% of residents or Korea are foreigners so this is hardly suprising.
Only 57% of women working after getting their degrees. It seems so futile. They slave away for years in schools and hagwans then don't even enter the workforce and use the skills they have worked so hard to get.
It's still an old boy's club here. |
What about the "new girl's club?" What is the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family ( http://english.mogef.go.kr ) doing? How many men quit work after getting engaged or married? What is the birthrate in Korea? Who leads in filing for divorce?
Most Women Quit Work to Get Married
Chosun Ilbo (March 22, 2006)
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200603/200603220029.html
More Women Hired, But Fewer Retained
Donga.com (August 2, 2006)
http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?biid=2006080297868
Korea 27th in OECD Female Employment Ranking
By Kim Sung-jin, Korea Times (May 8, 2006)
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/200605/kt2006050816405410220.htm
Korea's birthrate continues to decline
JoongAng Daily (November 30, 2005)
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200511/29/200511292220488809900090509051.html
More Women Keep Secret Stash of Money
More and more women, both working wives and homemakers, are saving up without their husbands' knowledge, an unrepresentative poll suggests.... Office worker Kim Yun-mi, 30, who met her husband of three months through a matchmaker, said, "There are a lot of divorces nowadays, so you never know. I put aside some of my salary every month just in case."
Chosun Ilbo (June 6,2005)
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200506/200506060001.html
Wives Found Far Richer than their Spouses
A survey indicated married Korean women manage an average of W14.4 million (about US$12,000) of "secret funds" without the knowledge of their spouses, who in turn had only W3.4 million (about US$3,000) kept aside --or a mere quarter of how much their wives have tucked aside.
Chosun Ilbo (March 21, 2001)
http://www.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200102/200102150006.html
Women taking lead in filing for divorce
JoongAng Daily July 01, 2005
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200506/30/200506302309010009900090409041.html
Long-term marriages facing more divorce
JoongAng Daily (June 22, 2005)
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200506/21/200506212252016509900090509051.html
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Zulu
Joined: 28 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 2:35 pm Post subject: |
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| wylies99 wrote: |
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| My guess somebody's implying that foreigners don't want to attend Korean universities |
Why attend a Korean university when they're really nothing special- but extremely expensive? |
And that's being very kind. Then again, some might say they're certainly 'special'.  |
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ajgeddes
Joined: 28 Apr 2004
Location: Yongsan
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| Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 3:26 pm Post subject: |
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| They're just some stats. Just take it for what it's worth. Why try to over analyse everything? Why does everything need to have some ulterior motive? |
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