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In-Depth analysisoftherelativeevaluationsystem
¡°T
oday, we professors of the
haveobjectivity.Becauseiftheregulation
Spanish Department announce
admit the result of examination of other
RelativeEvaluationSystem
the officialcommunicationwithapainful
university the candidates can not be
heart.Wefoundhowtough theringsof
applied by equal standard. Why the
corruption andinjusticeareconnectedin
authorities made regulations in haste?
the universitythoughitis calledanivory
Obviouslyitshowsahiddenintentionto
tower wherethetruthand justiceshould
select the candidate who is wanted by
UrgedtoReconsider
bekept.
authorities ignoring the examination of
All the professors of the Spanish
ourownprofessors.Particularly,it issaid
Department whowrote theirnames on
thatthecandidatewhowas unselectedby
the document announced the statement
theSpanish Departmentbecame thefirst
onAugust 11.Moreover, theywent on
because he (actually he graduated Seoul
I. Acceptance of the relative
education. Korea National Open University
a hunger strike for three days to show
National University(SNU))entrustedthe
evaluation
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is specialized in broadcast journalism. And
their strong will. Who make the
examination to the spanish professor of
Minimum
Maximum
T
he relative evaluation system which
HUFS is specialized in linguistics. So it¡¯s
professors appealstoconscience?
SNUwhoisintimatewithhim.
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was promoted by the Ministry of
natural for each university to have its own
According to the explanation from the
It is desired that the school
Education is extending its influential field
standardofgradingaccordingtoitspeciality.
professors, following is the real facts of
authorities should at least clarify the
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daybyday.In1998,therelativeevaluation
It¡¯s unreasonable to enforce the relative
thiscase.
suspiciousbeforetheangered professors
system was adopted by only 2 or 3
evaluation system in sudden to all
First,HUFSgaveoutapublicnoticeof
of HUFS bring this case before the
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universities. However, the Ministry of
universities without considering each
employment on November 1998. It was
court. If the case becomes a litigating
Education said, ¡°There will be many
university¡¯sspeciality.
to select the 31 new professors who will
struggle imagine how miserable it could
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disadvantages to the universities which do
Theforthproblemis theinfringementof
be wanted to teach in the first semester
be. As you can imagine, the school
notadoptthe system.Forinstance,financial
professors¡¯ autonomy in grading. One
of this year. The regular professors of
authoritiesstill offerasa pretextofMr.
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supports: moresupporting moneywill be
professor from HUFS said, ¡°It¡¯s kind of
each departmentjudgedthequalityofthe
ParkSeung-joon.Theysaythat itwasto
given to the schools which have adopted
violation. Suppose there are 5 students in
candidatesthroughexaminationstandard.
protect the coming back of Mr. Park.
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the system. And also in the entrance of
myclass.Ithinktheystudy hard,soIwant
However, some candidates intrigued
However, That is to say, the school
graduate schools and the employment of
to give all of them ¡®A+¡¯. Because of the
against thewinner.
authoritiestryingto
5
companies: benefits will be given to the
limited percentage of ¡®A+¡¯, however, three
The
personnel
make the public
students from the schools which have
studentsget¡®A+¡¯andtwo studentsget¡®A¡¯.
committee can-
opinion to blame
Pandora¡¯sBox
accepted it.¡± As the result, 30 universities
It¡¯saninfringementonmyautonomy.¡±
celed the qua-
the fault upon a
A
+
~A
B
+
~B
C
+
~C
D
+
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including SeoulNationalUniv,KoreaUniv,
lification of 16,
previous absurd
and Yonsei Univ adopted the relative
III.Needtoreform
half of the candi-
foundation. How-
Thisgraphindicatesthepercentageofcreditsundertherelativeevaluationsystem.
evaluationsystem.
The relative evaluation is no more a
dates who decided
ever,Thatiswrong
Manystudentshavecomplaints aboutthe
system to pass by and look on. Some
to employ because
because this kind
DidYou
relativeevaluation system.ChoiJung-hoon,
system.
good as itwas expected.Many students
universities already reformed the system.
the school authori-
ofunlawfulactwill
thesecretarygeneraloftheGeneralStudents
There are three main purposes in the
have complaints about the relative
SeoulNationalUniv.,forexample,abolished
ties just said, it
make Park come
Parachute
Council (GSC) of HUFS complained that
relativeevaluationsystem.
evaluation system. The problems raised by
therelativeevaluationsystemafterthestrike
could makeHUFS
back and give a
the relative evaluation system is an
The primary purpose of the relative
the enforcement of the relative evaluation
whichwasheldundertheauspices ofSeoul
fallintrouble.
power to him
unreasonablepolicyandthat itrequiresonly
evaluation system is to make the campus
systemmustbeconsidered.
NationalUniv¡¯sGSC.Andthestrikewasfor
Second, it is
again. It is wonder
Down?
competition, but not the quality of studies.
moreacademicandtoencouragestudentsto
The first problem is the overheated
the educational reform. For the fairness in
obvious
that
howcan they say
Healsosaid,¡°Therewillbethestudentwho
studyhard.Bythatuniversitiescanraisethe
competition in the campus. The result
theliberalartsubjects theschooldecided to
school authorities
about
¡®justice,
get¡®F¡¯thoughhedoes hisbest.¡±Aprofessor
qualityoftheclasses.
weakens primary subjects of studies, for
givea similarrateof grades.In thecase of
gave
out the
clarity,
objec-
from Chungang University said in an
The second purpose is to disperse
example, the humanities. Lee Jae-won, a
Chungang University, they have worked
public notice of
tivity¡¯. It
is
interview,¡°Iteachthehumanities atcollege.
students¡¯ crowding to specific professors¡¯
vice-presidentof Seoul NationalUniversity,
for an educational reform from the fall
appointmentagain onMay, 1999.It was
regrettable that the government-
As it is subjective, whenever I evaluate
classes. As the faculty system comes into
said, ¡°It¡¯s a repetition of meaningless
semester of 1998 till now. As the result,
to supplement the personnel of the
appointedtrusteewhohasaresponsibility
students¡¯achievement,Ifeeldizzy.¡±YooJa-
effect, students need to get good credits in
competition.The relativeevaluation system
they enforcetherelative evaluationsystem
short professors. However, the Office of
toplaceHUFSontherighttrackleadsthe
young (Cz-99) complained that despite of
theirstudiesinordertochoosemajorstudies
which was enforced by the Ministry of
onlyinthe liberalartsubjects exceptone¡¯s
Academic Affairs brought up, it was
schooltofallintrouble.Moreover,ashe
thefactthatherscoreofanexaminationwas
whichtheywant.Soitbecamenatural.
Educationonlyrequiresstudents¡¯ hardwork
major subjectsandcompulsory subjects.
hurriedlyprepared,¡®thenew6regulations
is one of the respected leader of the
the same as that of a student who received
Studentscrowdto theclasses ofspecific
without any innovation in the quality of
And they extended the total range of
ofappointment¡¯fordiscussionandpassed
society, he is leading the Second
¡®A¡¯shereceived¡®B+¡¯becauseofthelimited
professors who are generous with his
education and a circumstantial change of
percentage ofgradingfrom100 percentto
it without any review. Moreover, the
Establishment Committee of the present
percentageof¡®A¡¯.
markstomanystudents.
the campus.¡± He also said, ¡°In the final
120percent.It meansthere areextra spaces
authoritiesannouncedthatthebrandnew
government. In our society some people
In this column, The Argus will search
Thethirdpurposeis topreventtheabuse
examination, I felt like I was taking a
in grading. All of these reforms fit the
regulations wouldbeappliedto thevery
that who has intimate with the people
about the relative evaluation system and
of ¡®A+¡¯ or ¡®A¡¯. Students need to get good
scholasticaptitudetestagain.¡±
individualuniversities.
examined candidates and the previous
who has power are called ¡®parachute¡¯
analyzeitsproblems.
grades to get a good job or to enter
Thesecondproblemistheinadequacy of
HUFS needs to reform the relative
results would be ignored. The reason
because they are usually employed
prestigious graduate schools. Most
objective judgements in the standard of
evaluation system which was directly
the regulations are illegal, school
becauseofbribeorintimacy.Itiswonder
II.Themeaning,thepurposesandthe
professors thus try to give many students
evaluation. An objective evaluation can be
adoptedfromwhattheMinistryofEducation
authorities ignored the procedure of
that the new regulations were not be a
problems
good grades, in order to help students. So
appliedtonaturalscienceandengineeringas
proposed. It would be uneasy for HUFS to
inquiry by the Office of Planning and
writtenform ofirrationalitywhichmake
The relative evaluation is the system
this is the reason that good grades expand
it requires mathematical precision. But it
makeaformsuitabletoHUFS¡¯sspecialized
Coordinationandfacultycommittee.
thecrimelegalize.
whichgrades thestudentsbyscoringrate.In
likeaballoon.However,ifgoodgradedare
can¡¯t be applied to the humanities and
inforeignstudies.But aninnovatedformof
Newregulationscontainsdifferentrules
HUFS,forinstance,20to 25percentageof
abused,itwouldbedifficult foremployers
linguistics that subjective judgements are
relativeevaluationshouldbemade.
such aspermissionthattheprofessorsin
thestudents fromthetotalamountget¡®A+¡¯
and graduate schools to distinguish the
needed.
other university can examine the
ByKimJin-young
or¡®A¡¯,30to40percentageofthe students
superiorityandinferiorityofthestudents.So
Thethirdproblemis thematterofequity
qualification of the candidates. The
AssociateEditorof NewsSection
get ¡®B+¡¯ or ¡®B¡¯, 30 percentage of the
thisisthereasonofprotection.
amongindividualuniversitiesby thesudden
brand new regulations seem to do not
ByLeeEun-young
students get ¡®C+¡¯ or ¡®C¡¯ and the rest get
If it come into effect as it intends, there
enforcement. For example, Korea National
Reporterof NewsSection
¡®D+¡¯ or below by the relative evaluation
willbenoproblemsatall.Butitwasnotso
University of Education is specialized in
participate in. But this rally became united,
Continuedfrompage1
so the scale of the rally can be the biggest
BulletinBoard
andmostsuccessfuloneIeverhad.¡±
Thepolicehelicoptersweregoingaround,
OnAugust16,alleventswerefinished,all
and warned. For a while, there were not
participants meant to make the street
special suppression by the police, however,
demonstration and tried to proceed to
intheprocessofthat,hundredsofprotesters
Panmunjum at the truce village of inter-
ScheduleofSchoolAffairs
weretakenbythepoliceillegally.
Koreanborder,buttheycouldn¡¯tdobecause
A east region chairman of the 10th Pan
ofthedisturbancebythepolice.
People¡¯s rally said ¡°the history of
This rally was the biggest one among 10
September 7-8 Thetermforconfirmationandtransferencetheapplicationof
reunification movement was one of the
year¡¯s history of Pomminnyon¡¯s rally even
lectures
defeat because of the confrontation, but
thoughthegovernmentinterferedwithmuch
September 28
Quartlerineofthesecondsemester
through this
rally, epoch-making
disturbance. From now on, the government
opportunity is preparing that progress to
shouldguaranteethereunificationmovement
the victory and the solidarity is piled up by
of the civic groups and also withdraw the
ScheduleofStudentActivities
ourselves. ThespiritofPommninyoncanbe
prescription that interprets Pomminyon as
putinthe people¡¯sminddespitethesevere
being an anti-national organization.
suppressionbyKim¡¯sregime¡±.
Meanwhile, the delegation of Pominnyon is
September 17
The Model United Nations will open the 23nd General
Oneofthe participantswhohad tookpart
going on the hunger strike at Myungdong
Assembly under the agenda, ¡®The phase and the role of the
in thePan-Korean rallysaid,¡°There have
Cathedralforsettingtheparticipantsof10th
JeonKyu-man/TheArgus
NGOsforconstructionofthe21stcenturycivilsociety¡¯
beenlots ofralliesof thereunification.So
Pan-People¡¯s rally off and shackle off the
TheReunificationFestivalisheldwith10thousandparticipantsattheopentheater
we argued over what rally we should
warrantyofthosewhorelatedwiththisrally.
inSeoulNationalUniv.OnAugust15.
FacultyStandsupto
NewMainBuildinginImunCampus
SoundLibraryRenovated
Nontransparent Hiring
O
O
nAugust 25,audio-visuallibrary in
capacity. 23 seats more in Visual library
n July 22, the blueprint, which shows
There has been many inquiries about the
O
Imun campus has newly born by
and15seats inAudiolibrarywereadded.
the outlook and the usage of the
newstructurebuildinginImuncampus;the
nAugust11,alltheprofessorsof the
university professors can examine the
ensuring theequipmentand rearrangingthe
According to the school, 64 more seats
structurehasbeenfinallyselected,themain
kindofstructure, theplaceofthe building,
Spanish Department gave out a
candidatesofHUFSinequal capacity.Thus
space.Thisrenovation wascompleted July
wereincreasedcomparelastyear. Alsothey
buildingoftheHUFS.
andthebudget problem.
statement which is written 49 professors¡¯
the professors assert the candidates could
19toAugust25.About0.2billionwonwas
havepurchased severalmedia equipments.
namesof mostdepartmentson.The faculty
notbejudged byequalstandard.
spendforthisproject.
The digital filming and editing system,
committeeinsiststhatthe schoolauthorities
Theprofessorshaveprepared a litigating
Thepurposeof renovatingsound library
and the digital directory system were
committed unreasonable crime when they
struggle and it is possible that they will
is tocopewith thevariety, andadvanced
bought. Bythese accomplishment,someof
weregoingthroughtheprocessofexamining
bringthiscasebefore thecourt.Becausethe
technology of
education
system.
students¡¯ complaints are expected to be
thecandidates.Theprofessorsalsowentona
school authorities forced the professors to
Meanwhile to improvement in system
relieved. It has not only solved the
hungerstrikeforthreedays.
followtheirowndecision atthemeetingon
operation and studying efficiency is
inconvenience and efficiency problems
HUFS gave out the public notice of
July 6 and August 3. The meeting was
expected.
but also has it improved in students¡¯
appointment onMay,1999.It wastoselect
requested by the professors to make a
There was three major targets in this
broadcasting studio. Securing larger space
new professors of English Department,
protest to the authorities against their act.
project, rearrangement of place increase in
and better circumstance is expected to
Spanish Department,Department ofLaw.
Moreover, the authorities push ahead the
seating capacity and purchasing media
producebetterqualityprograms.
The regular professors of
each
interviewoftheselectedcandidatesthrough
equipments. The school has solved the
A HUFSan at the opening ceremony
departments judged the quality of the
thenewregulations.
space problem by combining
and
said¡°As HUFS is specializedinlinguistics,
candidates through the examination
The professors insist that the new
relocating facilities.Theoperation room,
wehadstrongdemand onbetterfacilitiesfor
standard.However,theysaid, theOfficeof
regulations are illegal because the
the material managing room, the media
such speciality. But we have not it so far.
the Academic Affairs prepared new
authoritiesignoredthetestprocedurewhich
directory room and two other supporting
Therewere manytimesthat I had toturn
regulationsofappointmentandpasseditasa
is needed to be approved as a real
facility rooms were combined in third
back from audio-visuallibrarybecausethe
regulation of HUFS. Moreover, they
regulation by the Office of Planning and
floor.CATV roomwas movedto second
lackof theseating capacity.But now,this
announced the regulation will apply new
Coordination and faculty committee of
floor. And Foreign Studies Broadcasting
isimpressive,thissemester couldbemuch
regulations to examine and the previous
HUFS. In addition there was no period of
System (FBS) was moved from third to
morefuntoenjoy¡±
resultwouldbeignored.
notificationwhichshouldbeobserved.
sixth floor. They have increased seating
ThedesignofnewmainbuildinginImuncampus
New regulations permitted that other

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