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Pandora’sBox
‘TuitionFeeEquality’Fizzles
WithoutFormalAgreement
By LeeJin-woo
if they can not pay tuition fees for universities by the
scheduled day. Therefore, freshmen who want to enter
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EditorialConsultant
universities cannot help but pay tuition fees decided by
reshmen at HUFS will be shocked to find
universitieswhichtheyareadmittedto.
that their second semester tuition fees have
MembersoftheGSCwentonahungerstrikeinApril
remained the same as those of the first quarter
toprotestthemeasureanddemandedthattheUniversity
despite an earlier agreement between the University
abolishit.Thetwosideseventuallymetandreachedan
and the General Student Council (GSC) to lower their
agreement to equalize tuition fees for all the students.
tuition fees and bring them in line with those paid by
The students believed that the issue of the tuition fees
sophomore,junior,andseniorstudents.
was settled. The GSC made an announcement in good
For several years, the University has implemented
faith that the agreement showed that the students could
a policy that requires first year students to pay
getwhattheywantfromtheUniversityiftheyorganize
higher tuition fees than other students at the school
and present their side of the problem fairly. Second
-- sophomores, juniors and seniors --, arguing that
semester tuition invoices sent to the freshmen after the
freshmen are more likely to have an opportunity of
settlement,however,stillshowedthehigherrates.
enjoying greater access to facilities and other benefits
Part of the problem involves the timing of the
at the school. In fact, many buildings on the HUFS
agreement’s implementation. While the GSC believed
campus have recently been under construction. The
the decision would take immediate effect, the
construction has led to setting up the Student Center
Universitymaintainsthattheannualbudgethadalready
andDormitoryandthebuildingofCollegeofLaw,and
been settled and could not be changed to take into
improvingtheouterimagesofHumanitiesBuildingand
consideration the lower fees. University officials say a
theAudio-VisualEducationCenter.
planiscurrentlybeingdrawnuptodoawaywiththefee
The processes could be responsible for the
policyforthefreshmen,butitwon’tgointoeffectuntil
inconvenience of concentrating only on studying. Also,
nextyear.
many students have complaints that they have not had
The differences between the GSC and the University
thechancetousethefacilities,whichhavebeenrecently
stemfromthefactthattheiragreementwasonlyverbal,
built and improved. By the time the construction
with none of the specifics, including when the fees
ended, the students graduated or became seniors. With
wouldbelowered,havingbeenputintowriting.Because
this in mind, the freshmen are likely to have more
of this, the university administrators are unlikely to
opportunities to have access to those new and better
shift from their current stance on reimbursing current
buildings,nowthattheconstructioniscompleted.
freshmen for the higher fees. While the agreement will
However, the GSC did not accept the University’s
no doubt benefit future incoming students once it is
point-of-view.TheGSCcontendsthatitwouldbeunfair
put into place, the GSC must make greater efforts to
to force the freshmen to shoulder more of the burden
ensure that members of this year’s freshmen class are
of the rising amount of tuition fees because they are
compensatedforpayingthehighertuitionfees.
more likely to have access to the new facilities. Some
freshmen will lose the chance of getting admission
interpreter2010@hufs.ac.kr
SEPTEMBER 2009

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