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In-depth
Is it impossible to get two birds with
KU acquired EQUIS accreditation for the
councilworkedongettingstudentagreement
onestone?
first time in Korea and became the only
on promoting the division of BA to “the
university
which
received
both
The school ended the one-week
collegeofBA”forthreedays,spanningfrom
accreditations,AACSBandEQUIS.Besides:
disturbance by opening additional business
last 13th to 15th of March. However, it
Hanyang, Ehwa Women’s, Ajou, Chonnam
courses and increasing the number of
received about one thousand of student
National University will soon receive
studentspercourse.However,theoverheated
signaturesthatwasbelowtheprevioustarget
AACSB accreditation. The accreditation
competition for registration of business
oftwothousands.
process takes about two to seven years to
courseswouldstillexistasfarasthedemand
“These are really challenging times. The
complete.
of business is continuously increasing. The
number of student signatures on the petition
The required conditions for accreditation
school does not try to hire more professors
shows that many students were not still
are fastidious. In order to fulfill the
who satisfy the required conditions of
interested in establishing “the college of
accreditation requirements, it is a priority
accreditation.
BA.” I would like to inform everyone that
matterforthedivisionofBAtocuttheratio
Becausethereisnofacultymembernewly
promotiontothecollegeofBAisnotforour
of the number of students to one faculty
hired for two years, the number of students
division, but for all students who attend and
memberandsecureanadequatequalification
per class is around 60 to 80 or even more.
willattendbusinessclasses.Theindependent
of the full-time faculty who obtained a
Thus, students take business courses in poor
collegeofBAcangainmorepowertosecure
doctoral degree or had the sufficient
conditionsascomparedtothecoursesinthe
contributions from the private corporations
professional experience in business over 10
linguistic divisions and departments that
and more rights to decide how to spend and
years. After the business accreditation
include average 35 students per class.
allocate their budget. The college can offer
becameacriticaltaskforalluniversitiesand
“Althoughmoresessionsforthesamecourse
more courses as many as the demand calls
in turn, the faculty recruitment competition
areofferedduetotheoverflowingnumberof
for and make a progress to attain
among universities became intensive, the
students,therearestillalotofstudentsineach
accreditation at the same time. That’s the
division of BA faced with the insufficient
session. Studying in the crowded class with
reason why we put our priority to promote
numberofafacultymembersinfinanceand
more than 90 students, I cannot understand
our division to the college level,” said Lee
challenges in inviting and hiring
the content of lecture and even cannot take
Myoung-jae (BA-05), the president of the
distinguished scholars for the last two years.
notes.IfIarrivelateatclass,Ihavetobringa
divisionofBA.
Due to the faculty shortage, the division of
chair from the other classroom, so it is very
“Regardingthetuitionfees,manystudent’s
BA, trying to progress the procedure of
inconvenient,” said Park Ha-na (BA-07),
councils,includingthecollegeofOccidental
attaining accreditation, reduced the number
taking a course called “The Principle of
Languages, Oriental Languages and
of students per course on existing courses
Business and Management.” For this matter,
Education, have spurred on the actions
without increasing additional classes.
theadministratorsevadedthequestionsaying
against the planned increase rate which the
Courses offered in business administration
ambiguously about who might be
schooldeclared.However,abouttheissueof
justadmittedfewerstudentsthanlastyears.
responsible, and what, if any, action should
upgrading the division of BA into a college
betakenbytheschool.
ofBA,student’scouncilstendtotakeupthe
This registration issue for BA classes
position of being passive, mute, or neutral.
JoMin-jeongTheArgus
resultedinmorefromtheconflictofinterest
Hence, just BA and General Student’s
between the school and the division of BA
Councilhaveclaimedonit,”headded.
than the one between students and the
In case of the college of BA for Yonsei
division of BA. In advance, the school
University, the number of professors was
authority should have gauged educational
recently raised to 57 from 47 since 2003.
demand of business and map out counter
And the college of BA also will receive
measures of the expected situation, such as
AACSB accreditation and join the ongoing
expandingthenumberofrequiredprofessors
competition.
to accommodate the influx of students
Voices on strong support for the division
wanting to learn business and promote
of BA tend to be underestimated as just a
accreditation at the same time. It would be
“collective selfishness,” though the division
challenging for the division of BA with the
of BA in HUFS has the greatest number of
limited number of faculty members to
students4,575amongsingledepartmentsbut
educate estimated 5,000 prospected students
has the lowest number of professors 26, as
whowanttostudybusiness.
comparedto79facultymembersatKUand
47 at SNU. Thus, now is the time to allege
Findingasolution
thestrongneedsofpromotingthedivisionof
Atthistime,itisnecessaryforstudentsto
BA to the whole university level through
supportonelevatingthestatusshiftfromthe
systematic and ongoing movement and
division of BA to the college of BA. In an
support.
effort to this, the division of BA student’s
auroramin@hufs.ac.kr
APRIL 2007

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