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Editorial
Measuring Universities
and Students
ESTABLISHED1954
Publishedmonthlyexcepttheschoolholidaysbyand
for students of Hankuk University of Foreign
Studies, TheArgus, the oldest campus English
newspaperinKorea,pursuesthehigheststandardof
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tudents are once again the scapegoat in the abrupt changes of university
campusjournalismandacademism.
evaluationguidelines.
The Ministry of Education (MOE) announced in the first week of March
?PresidentandPublisher
Dr.KimIn-chul
that they had decided to remove controversial university evaluation requirements
that resulted in opposition from college students. The issue began last December
?ExecutiveEditor
Prof.KimIn-chon
when the MOE officially announced how universities would be assessed
?Editor-in-Chief
ParkJi-yeon(DIS-3)
under the authority’s updated evaluation method with articles discussing grade
distribution,thepercentageofstudentseachprofessormayteach,andsoon.Several
?EditorialConsultants
universities, including HUFS, changed school regulations accordingly right after
KangYoung-joon(EC-3)
the announcement was made in December. In these cases, school administrators
chosetoapplytherevisionstothestudents’secondsemestergradeswhilestudents,
JoHe-rim(ELG-4)
onlyawareofthepreviousevaluationrules,werewaitingfortheirfinalgradestobe
KimMin-jeong(H-3)
announced.
InthecaseofHUFS,studentssufferedfromtheschool’signoranceofthechange
?Reporters
KoDong-wan(D-2)
and vehemently protested and sued the school regarding the retroactive policy
application.Theschooladministrationcontinuedtomaintaintheirstandduringthe
LeeDong-woon(IB-3)
situation. Nevertheless, the latest version of the reformed grade evaluation policy
JangEun-ae(IEL-2)
thatstudentsandprofessorsmustabidebywasannouncedbeforeschoolbeganthis
semester.Thegoalforsuchreformswasclear;HUFSneedstoreceiveabetterresult
?CopyReaders
Prof.BrandonWalcutt
fromtheMOE’sevaluationthroughthechangesmade.
Prof.MerrileeBrinegar
However,theinterestingpointisthatintheMOE’sannouncementinMarch,they
acknowledged that a college should give grades that are sensible considering the
Prof.MichaelHeinz
school’s characteristics. This used to be HUFS’ strength until the administration
decided to change their policy to adhere to the MOE’s guidelines last winter.
Emphasizing what the school gave up now brings forth the question of whether
HUFSwillchoosetoreturntotheoriginalgradingsystemtoadheretotheMOE’s
requirements.
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of this controversy between the MOE and universities. One can easily answer that
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itisthestudentstakingclassesoncampuswhowillsufferdamagescreatedbythe
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abruptchangesandhastyannouncements.
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ParkJi-yeon
Editor-in-Chief

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