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Indepth on National
University;
aJobTrainingCenter?
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ByKimMin-jeong
JuniorReporter
O
n May 8, Paichai University, located in Daejeon,
Thestandardsforappointingapoorlymanaged
university
center of South Korea, decided to consolidate its
‘Department of Korean language and Literature’
In July 2011, the government decided to set standards to
and‘DepartmentofKoreanlanguageasaforeignlanguage’
sort out universities with poor management. Because of the
into a single department of ‘Korean literature education
decreasing number of college students due to low birth rates,
it was expected that most universities would be unable to fill
as a foreign language.’ Paichai University has been long
known for producing many founding-fathers and writers of
theirfullcapacities.Hence,thegovernmentsetacriterionthat
the modern Korean language and literature such as Ju Si-
isbasedontheexistingaccreditationsystemofuniversities.A
gyeong, the pioneer of Korean language grammar, Kim
University Structural Reform Committee was established in
So-wol, poet of the Korean nation, and Na Do-hyang, the
ordertomaketheassessmentsandsortouttheinstitutions.
famousnovelist.Assuch,theuniversity’sdecisioncameas
As an educational institution, universities have received a lot
offinancialsupportfromthegovernment.
ashocktomany.Theuniversitystressedthatthereformwas
intended to strengthen the institution’s competitiveness in
However, if a university is announced to be managed poorly,
theschoolcannotgetfinancialassistanceunlessitchanges.
the job market. This was due to the fact that the university
had been infamously named as one of the poorly managed
Unchanginguniversities'attitudes
institutions by the government in 2012. As a result, the
institutionhadfailedtosecuregovernmentfinancialsupport
Thisiswhymanyuniversitieshavechosentomergedifferent
the following year. However, the government has recently
campuses and departments even when there seems to be little
announced its decision to loosen some of the tight holds
relation between them. Some have even gotten rid of some
on regulations for poorly managed universities. If so, are
majors,establishingnewmajorsthatare‘moreappealinginthe
such measures of reformation in order to raise the rate of
jobmarket.’
students’employmentontherighttrack?
These changes are considered problematic in that they are
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