University janitors’ struggle for higher wages and better labor conditions in universities has reached a solution agreed upon by both employers and janitors on April 19. Six branches from the Ko

The Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology (MEST) announced the changes to the International Education Quality Assurance System (IEQAS) on April 24. Due to take effect starting this year, the

For more than a month, the newsstand of Sungkyunkwan University Weekly on the campus of Sungkyunkwan University has been left empty. While the conflict between its reporters and the advising professor

The Ministry of Sports, Culture, and Tourism (MSCT) and the Korean Council for University Education (KCUE) are at odds regarding the usage of copyrighted materials in universities and other educationa

With growing concerns about global climate change, several campaigns highlight and encourage social habits that influence the environment. An Ewha graduate, Park Seo-yoon (’11, Journalism) start

Statistics Korea announced on March 18 that the number of part-time workers from 15 to 29 years old has hit a new record of 450 thousand. The rate of the part-timers has jumped 51.9 percent within the

Not only high tuition, but also finding places to live near campus has been a chronic problem among university students as the rents get more and more expensive. According to a research by Statistics

It is not difficult these days to find students searching knowledge trading portal sites to buy reports to submit in class. However, a dark side to this conduct surfaces when students upload reports t

The Korea Student Aid Foundation (KOSAF) launched its new scholarship program, which combines and extends some existing national scholarships. Qualified university students received their first schola

The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST) announced its Teacher Certification Examination Reform Plan on Feb. 14, which included significant changes in the teacher certification examina

The success of the first season of the Book Give movement proved the power of Social Networking Services, when one person’s suggestion on Twitter to donate books spread to more than 120,000 peop

Complaints about the curriculum recommendations provided by the Accreditation Board for Engineering Education of Korea (ABEEK) have risen among students majoring in engineering nationwide, with increa

Many suggestions on ways to improve the student cafeteria were plastered to the poster put up by the Student Government Association (SGA) in front of the cafeteria in Morris Hall. Along with these sug

A recently released Korean film, “Dogani,” has been hitting the Korean Box Office, attracting more than 4.5 million viewers. What drove the nation’s fury and attention to this film,

Last July, university students who engage in illegal pyramid business schemes concentrated in the Geoyeo-dong and Macheon-dong areas in Songpa-gu, and their 25 bosses were booked without detention. Th

Seoul Metropolitan Government is providing comprehensive counseling services through the Seoul Global Center (SGC) for more than 350,000 foreign people living in Seoul.Since the center opened in 2008

It is common to see postings in the online communities of many universities by students who worry and suffer anxiety about meeting their professors.“I don’t visit my professor because I us

The number of people interested in Korean language is expanding rapidly. According to the Korean Education Organization, the number of applicants seeking to take the Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOP

In a time when students are marching down the main streets of Seoul, protesting against the deplorable schooling expenses, Seodaemun-gu has stepped in to offer a hand. As a district where major univer

In the evening of Sept. 8, the entrance of exit number eight of Hongik University station was crowded with college students talking over drinks at a half-priced pocha (an abbreviation for pojangmacha,