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Editorial
Tuition Fees Policies
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hat do you think about five percent discount from a hundred or
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In this year, the reduction rate of university tuition fees is
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controversial. In case of HUFS, tuition fees have been cut down by 2.2
students of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies,The
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percent. Meanwhile, Korea Student Aid Foundation announced that the
pursues the highest standard of campus journalism and
average reduction rate of tuition fees is about 4.8 percent nationwide.
academism.
Accordingly universities having tuition fees below average as HUFS
attracted heavy criticisms. That is because people supposed to think
selfishnessofuniversitiesmadeitimpossibletolowertuitionfees.However,
is it fair to force every university to offer tuition fee reductions as the
?PresidentandPublisher
Dr.ParkChul
average?
In general, some private universities in Seoul already have high tuition
?ExecutiveEditor
Prof.LeeDong-il
fees, but they still apply less than two percent of reduction rate. However,
national universities in local areas give more than five percent despite the
?Editor-in-Chief
KimSu-young(T-3)
lowtuitionfees.Accordingtothis,differenceoftuitionfeesbetweencapital
?EditorialConsultant
JangHo-jun(ELI-3)
and local area is deepening. It also happens for universities in a capital as
the same way. Sookmyung Woman’s university, which has two percent of
?AssociateEditor
KangYoung-joon(EC-2)
reduction rate, charges one million won higher than that of HUFS which
offers2.2percentcut.
WooHae-chung(CH-2)
Forthisreason,thoughuniversitiescanapplysimilarreductionrates,there
alreadyisabigdisparityintheirtuitionfees.Anditispointlesstoconsider
?Reporters
ChoiHee-ji(MA-2)
which point of reduction is suitable. HUFS gives lower tuition than other
private universities in Seoul. If HUFS declines its reduction rate as others
YooSuh-kyung(PA-2)
agreeable to government and public, it will lead to the fall of educational
?CopyReaders
Prof.LymanMclallen
conditionsintheuniversity.
Thus, it is important to set right directions for university members
Prof.BrandonWalcutt
without showing undue concern over the reduction rate. Universities that
had already lowered their tuition fees should not be the victim of this
Prof.ChristopherDerickVarn
controversy. Consequently, the most important point is the quality of
curriculum and contents, not the reduction rate. University members need
to gain importance in these points. Most of all, it is required for university
memberstocommunicateandparticipateactivelywithoneanother.In2012,
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