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02 Editorial
The Role the University Plays
in the Lives of its Students
Y
oung people make desperate efforts to enter and graduate from university. Many students
have trouble paying the expensive tuition fees, so they struggle to earn money. This is
because a university degree is an absolute requirement to get a good job in Korea. In our
society, a person with only a high school diploma can get a job but not a very good one. Although
graduatingfromuniversityissignificant,theemploymentrateofuniversitygraduatesisverylowright
now,just51percent.Meanwhile,thenewtrendofemploymentisthatmanyKoreancompanieshave
expandedrecruitmentofemployeeswhohaveonlyfinishedhighschool.
AnexampleofthisisthatDaewooShipbuildingandMarineEngineeringannouncedthattheywould
hire 100 high school graduates as new employees, and after the announcement, over 3,000 people
appliedforthesejobs.ThismovebyDaewooisexpectedtohavegoodeffectsonsocietyinthatitwill
be an important step in eliminating discrimination between educational backgrounds of those with
university degrees and high school graduates. However, it raises the question about what kind of the
roleuniversitiesinKoreaplay.
It is important for university students to think about why they are at the university. If you are a
university student, you have probably heard the phrase, ‘the privileges of a university student.’ These
privileges are not just about welfare, and it is not just the advantage of being able to get a better
job. Studying what you want, making friendships that will last a lifetime, and having many joyous
experiences in your college days are also great privileges. Those experiences and friendships, along
withyourstudies,wouldhelpyoufindgreatmeaninginlifebeyondjustgettingajob.
However, some university students are now pessimistic about university after knowing about this
new trend of recruitment. They might come to think that going to university is to waste their time
andmoneywhentheycompareittowhattheycanachieveattheuniversity.Istheroleofauniversity
education, though, just a cornerstone of employment? Do students enter university only to obtain
a good job? The fundamental problem is that the original role of university in Korea was already
reducedtogettingagoodjob.Thewholesocietyshouldworryaboutthisandtrytoseekbetterroles
fortheuniversities.
A university education should not be only the foundation for employment. Instead, it must have
meaningful experiences so the students can grow to become effective citizens giving value to the
nation and to the world. In light of this, it is indeed a matter for consideration that students have a
skepticalviewonenteringtheuniversity.
Editor-in-Cheif
ChaEon-jo
www.theargus.org

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