SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s universities face mounting financial challenges as the number of incoming students declines and dropout rates rise. Many institutions, particularly private universities in Seoul, are debating strategies to address the crisis, including tuition hikes and increased reliance on government funding. According to data released on Sunday by the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s private universities, including major institutions in Seoul, are grappling with mounting financial difficulties due to shrinking student populations and frozen tuition fees. An alarming analysis presented at a National Assembly forum on December 3 revealed that eight out of ten leading private universities in Seoul are operating [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – With the South Korean government’s decision to increase medical school seats by 2,000 starting from next year’s admissions, there has already been a flood of inquiries from working professionals and college students. Top-tier universities, particularly the prestigious ‘SKY’ schools (Seoul National University, Korea University and Yonsei University), are showing signs [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s shrinking population is resulting in a lack of enrollment at local universities. For the first time in school history, Chonnam National University was only able to enroll 4,067 new students, leaving 140 slots unfilled. Chosun University filled only 4,222 of 4,350 slots for new students, with 128 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Students at Sookmyung Women’s University are strongly opposing the recent decision by school authorities that a transgender female has been admitted to the university. The transgender female, 22, received a sex change operation in Thailand last year and was reassigned a new gender by authorities before being admitted to [...]