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ⓒPaiChaiUniversity
ⓒSeoulWomen’sUniversity
▲Pai Chai University organizes parents advisory body to involve parents
▲Seoul Women’s University holds separate orientation for parents at the
inuniversity.
beginningofanewsemester.
Seoul Women’s University hold orientation for freshmen’s
environmentthatHUFSansaskfor.
parents at the beginning of a semester. Colleges hold such
Evenwiththeseadvantages,thereareconcernsaboutparents’
freshmenorientationforparentssothattheparentscanhave
participationoncampusingeneral.KimSam-ho,aresearcher
a better understanding about their children’s campus life,
at the Korea Higher Education Institute said, “Universities
likeabouttheresourcefuleducationenvironmentoncampus,
are reaching out to parents because competition between
requirementsneededforgraduation,andsoon.Nevertheless,
universities for ranking is becoming harsher. Schools need
theultimategoalistomakeparentsgetconcernedandinvolved
morefundingtoprovidemoreappealingsupportforstudents,
intheschoolissuessothattheschoolhasatightnetworkto
which will lead to a higher ranking.” Kim also questions
reachoutto.
whethertheintentionsofparentswhoactuallymakedonations
are pure. “Korea doesn’t have a thorough understanding
ondonatingyetPeopletendtoexpectarewardorakindof
compensation,”hesaid.Eveninthiscontext,whenconsidering
As specialists put it, there are two main reasons why
that college students are already grown up, universities are
universitieswantcollegestudent’sparentstogetinvolvedin
merelytryingtomakeparentsgetinvolvedbecauseoffunding.
campusmanagementissues.The?rstisthatparentscanplay
the role of a supervisor accordingly to their profession and
career.Parentscanalsohaveakeypositionbyhelpingsolve
?nancialproblemstheuniversityfaces.
Korea tends to encourage participation of parents in
education. From kindergarten to applying for universities,
Kim Gil-ryong, professor of Pedagogy and Vice President
of the Korean Institution for Future Study, said, “The basic
every stage of education happens with parents’ suggestions
membersofauniversityarestudents,facultyandprofessors.If
and guidance. However, universities now reaching out for
parentsjoinasanothermemberwithgoodintentions,itcould
parents’ involvement in college management issues is not
be helpful in developing the educational environment.” The
usual,especiallywhentheschooltakesawrongapproachlike
GSC shared in this sentiment saying, “HUFS did not raise
HUFS did. Parents’ financial support can help improve the
tuitionfeeslikeotheruniversities.Buttomakeallthechanges
educationalenvironment,butitcanalsobeproblematicand
studentsaskforcometrue,therejustisn’tenoughroominhe
causediscriminationamongstudents.Suchcontroversywill
budget.”SinceHUFS’objectivewiththesurveywastoreceive
settle down only when universities decide what matters the
financial support from well-to-do parents, once such issue
mostforeducationalimprovement.
issolved,itwouldbepossibleforthefundingtobeutilized
to improve campus conditions and better the educational
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