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full-time professor. This fall, however,
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the qualified part-time professor was
affected by the Irregular Worker’s Law,
andso,couldnotteachtheclass.Finally,
thecoursewasabolished.
AmbiguousCriterion
Kim Jae-sam, a member of “Korea
Higher Education research Institute”
raised a question about this new law
StudentsholdarallyatSeoul’sKoreaUniversityonAug.21todemandthattheuniversitywithdraw
and the practice the universities must
its employment cancellations of part-time professors. (L) A part-time university professor stages a
follow. “The universities in Korea made
solodemonstration.(R)
HUFSanchoseforthefallsemesterwas
his schedule. Moreover, the HUFSan
a criterion which regards five hours
closed after this student completed her-
complained about the changing of the
per week of lecturing equal to fifteen
or-his timetable. The abolished courses
lecturers. “Usually, the names of the
hours of other kind of work. Although
were informed a few days before the
lecturers are factors as important as
the criterion is based on one judicial
beginning of the fall semester. As a
the name of the courses in choosing
precedent, and is therefore not legally
result,thisstudentwasforcedtochange
the courses. Of course, I selected the
supported, the universities still applied
her-or-histimetable.
courses on the basis of the lecturers’
the criterion without legal ground,” he
In another case, an anonymous
reputations. Then one day, the lecturers
said. At the end of his interview, Kim
HUFSan majoring in Law also
werechangedtotheunknownlecturers,”
criticized the Ministry of Education
complained about the situation. This
saidtheanonymousHUFSan.
ScienceandTechnologyfornotstanding
semester, he takes eight courses. The
the proper and legal criterion, and
professors of four out of the eight
causingtheproblems.
ThePositionofHUFS
courses, however, were changed without
With the new law about part-time
any notice. As the professors changed,
workers, a custom of the university was
DefenseofHUFS
the times of the courses were adjusted,
overturned. Usually, it is necessary for
According to the Academic
too, resulting in the changed courses
the novice lecturers to gain experience
Support Center Registrar, HUFS was
overlapping with remaining courses.
in lower-level institutes before teaching
embarrassed when first faced with this
Finally,hehadtocompletelyreorganize
at the four-year universities. After
situation in not having enough qualified
the Irregular Worker’s Law became
part-time professors to choose from.
effective,however,someofthenewpart-
Of course, it is true that passionate and
2009)
time professors started as lecturers at
young part-time professors who have
the four-year universities as alternative
notyetgottentheirPh.D.sareaprecious
August
lecturers for the part-time professors
treasure for HUFS. The Irregular
Technology,
affected by the new law. This situation
Worker’s Law, however, is above the
is striking in some of the language
provisions of HUFS, so there is no way
and
departments. Searching for professors
toprotectthem.“HUFSisorganizingan
Science
who have the right qualifications is
adequate system to prevent the situation
difficult because of the insufficient
fromreoccurring,”heexplained.
Education
numberofthosequalified.
A member of the GSC acknowledged
Itispossibletoabolishaspecificcourse
the blind point of the law. “HUFS,
of
Ministry
becausethereisnotacompetentlecturer
however, is responsible for the situation
available. In fact, a major course at the
for HUFSans having to go through this
(The
Seoul Campus was closed because of
confusion, because the situations were
thisreason.Thefull-timeprofessorwho
already predicted,” he said, “even if it
This graph shows the five universities that
had taught the course every semester
wasonshortnotice.”
canceledemploymentofmorethan70part-
time professors. HUFS came in second
retired. The department had always
amongtheuniversities.
substituted a part-time professor for the
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OCTOBER 2009

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