As intellectual property is becoming more important, the Korea Patent Attorneys Association, WIPS (Worldwide Intellectual Property Service, a professional global intellectual property corporation in K

Starting with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which began its Open Course Ware (OCW) in October 2002, other universities have followed the trend of providing a source of learning by opening

With the rapid innovation of digital technology, tablet PC users are continuously increasing and university students are no exception. It is easy to find students using their own tablet PCs such as th

Nowadays, although Information Technology (IT) equipment is increasingly becoming commonplace and often deemed a necessity among university students, the rapidly changing technological landscape prese

Recently there have been talks of controversy regarding the establishment of the university council in private universities. The conflicts are about some private universities not having created a univ

The Ministry of Education, Ministry of Science, ICT (Information & Communication Technology) and Future Planning (MSIP), and the Small and Medium Business Administration announced the University S

Among university students in Korea today, 12.2 percent of female students are estimated to drink over 10 glasses of alcohol in one sitting.The Korea Public Health Association (KPHA) recently conducted

South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) announced on Aug. 29 that it would financially support economically disadvantaged university students through a low interest student loan and th

Universities are promoting smoke-free environment on campus in accordance to the Korean government’s newly enacted law: the National Health Promotion Act. The new regulation went into effect on

The youth unemployment problem has been getting worse as the rate of unemployed youth marked 8.4 percent in the first half of this year. Amid the current unemployment problem, university students&rsqu

Following the recent national energy crisis, it has been brought to people’s attention that universities have been overusing electricity. As an attempt to reduce the usage of power, universities

The Ministry of Education announced the “2013 Education Policy Analysis Plan” on May 22. The most notable change made in the new plan is the launching of qualitative evaluation, as the pre

The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) announced its plans to recruit university students for Idolbom service for the first time in Korea on May 21. Idolbom, which means an act of taking care of a ch

Ewha Womans University received high scores in a study by the JoongAng Ilbo on college students’ satisfaction with their school, conducted to measure universities’ quality of education. Th

The Korea Immigration Service (KIS) announced that the number of foreign international students in Korea decreased 4 percent compared to the same period in 2012: from 90,119 to 86,519. There was a 7.9

Youth employment has always been the main concern of university students. Unlike the past where companies and universities encouraged students to start their own businesses, students now help each oth

Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) announced on April 30 that it will activate “University Housing Information Sharing Project” to alleviate student housing problem. It plans to reveal re

University students living apart from their families are burdened not only with the problems of paying high tuition, but also with finding a decent and affordable place to live in. Many students spend

With the new government administration, the Ministry of Culture Sports and Tourism (MCST) organized a conference in which university students researched and offered strategies to materialize President

To cultivate students with a sense of community identity, many universities have been putting emphasis on students’ character education in different ways. These include reforming Liberal Arts co