This year, competition for employment has gotten worse for recent graduates. According to the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, only half of the nations’ college graduates are likel

For many out-of-town students, and even for some from Seoul, finding a place to live during the semester is an essential part of college life. According to a survey done by Albamon, a Website where st

Interest in engineering and physical sciences has decreased among people. “After the financial crisis in late 1990s, people started to avoid majoring in engineering for reasons of stability. The

Two years have passed since the oil spill at Taean-gun. Yet, despite warm helping hands from all over the country, the oil-strained sea still wreaks havoc on the lives of the fishermen who made their

The Women Friendly Seoul 2010 project, launched in 2007, has been attracting more attention in recent months. With a sky blue background, and a white water drop in the middle, the project is being adv

For university students, part-time job is a way to earn money and experience society in advance. According to a research by rankey.com, which provides analysis of various web sites through visitor ana

With the final exams only a week away, many Ewha students dream of a school with no exams. But alas, the dream of having no exams will never become reality. For those who need a little time to relax f

Graduate school application rates, especially for graduate schools providing Master of Business Administration (MBA) courses, have increased significantly this year. Experts say the economic recession

When the president of the Korean Council for University Education participated in the audit conducted by the National Assembly on October 21, he made an official statement against the proposed bill to

The Student Government Association of the Department of Social Studies of Seoul National University (SNU) carried out a movement to require their professors to provide feedback on every report student

Recently, the police concluded Choi Jin-sil, the nation’s iconic actress, had impulsively committed suicide because of depression and stress. The death of this long-adored actress made us to pay

Early this semester, Sogang University decided to abolish the menstruation leave which started in 2007. The school announced it was due to the possibility of misuse of the policy and that the leave ma

High price levels due to inflation and the current economic downturn have made students live under a limited budget as their income from part-time jobs remains pretty much the same as before. In order

Three categories may describe university students’ choice for non-academic books they read: literature, newly published works and Japanese novels. Recent data regarding the number of books borro

Thomas Edison invented a vote recorder when he was 21, which gave him his first patent. Michael Dell was a freshman at the University of Texas when he sold computers by using a direct marketing system

One university student’s case is typical. To pay tuition, he took out a government loan, but to pay back the mounting interest, he took out another loan, this one from a private moneylender. As

The Legal Education Eligibility Test (LEET) for law school entrance, held for the first time on August 24, marked the first step toward the graduate law school system that will start next March. Howev

Every semester, students contemplate whether or not to pay their student activity fees. The basic activity fee, paid to the student council, is 7,000 won per each semester. But, in addition to this fe

From the late 1990s, universities have gradually changed their admission systems from a department-based system into a college-based system, as the Kim Young-sam presidential administration announced

Around 7:00 p.m., many Ewha students finish their classes and walk from the main gate to the Edae Subway Station to go home. Students’ eyebrows become drawn together, and they hold their noses t