The Ministry of Education (MOE) and the Korean Council for University Education (KCUE) announced the current state of college tuition on April 30.According to the results of MOE and KCUE, the average
Nowadays, numerous universities are reducing the number of large-scale lectures and instead increasing the number of small or middle-scale lectures. This phenomenon arose due to the announcement of th
In the continuing struggle for employment, a new phenomenon is appearing within universities: pre-graduates postponing graduation when they already finalized their grade credits. In schools, the so-ca
Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) announced “Plan for Protection of Right and Improvement of Working Environment for Young Part-timers” on April 10. The plan is designed to improve the o
The Ministry of Education (MOE) announced its 2nd five year plan on March 20. According to the plan, a total of 80 billion won will be invested in improving university libraries by 2018. With the plan
The Ministry of Education (MOE) announced a “manual for university students’ safety at group trainings” on March 21. On top of the yearly problems at university group trainings, the
An increasing number of universities are offering game related courses in their curriculum. In contrast to the parliament and government’s continuous arguments over game regulation and its downs
A fire occurred in the laboratory of the Industry-University Research Center in Yonsei University on March 12. Prior to this accident, an explosion took place in the laboratory of the College of Engin
Five major universities in Seoul including Ewha are currently building or planning to build new dormitories until 2015 to help solve the student housing problem. The total of 3,450 rooms will be newly
Students have always needed to use cars, but they face a realistic problem: lack of money to buy or rent a car. Sometimes they fail to rent a car just by a small amount of money. To solve these kinds
An increased number of universities is implementing childbirth and child care take-off semester system which allows students to take off additional four semesters. Students were only allowed to take s
Following the recent freshmen orientation crisis in Busan University of Foreign Studies (BUFS), other universities recognized the need to place more importance on safety in their orientations for fres
Numerous universities have changed their credit system regulations starting from this spring semester. The changes include marking the retake courses, issuing separate reports without F credits and ab
An increased number of universities is implementing “start-up taking-off semester system,” which allows students to take off a maximum of four semesters in contrast to the previous rule th
The Ministry of Education (MOE) announced its University Structural Reform plan on Nov. 11. According to this plan, the MOE will evaluate and classify universities according to five levels: highest, e
With the student union elections prevalent in mid-November among universities, campuses were filled with voices of candidates running for student union elections. However, a number of universities onl
One of the most important projects for student unions in universities is asking the school to lower tuition fees and increase scholarship benefits. Instead of only demanding these things from the scho
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