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Trump Administration Revokes Harvard’s Certification to Enroll International Students, Sending Shockwaves Through Korean Student Community

Trump Administration Revokes Harvard’s Certification to Enroll International Students, Sending Shockwaves Through Korean Student Community

WASHINGTON / CAMBRIDGE, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has stripped Harvard University of its certification to enroll international students, throwing thousands of lives and academic futures into limbo—including those of dozens of Korean students studying at the elite institution. The decision, announced Wednesday (local time), came after Harvard allegedly [...]

Ahn Chang-ho’s Grandson Rejects Harvard’s Call for Reconsidering His Withdrawal of Donation Offer

Ahn Chang-ho’s Grandson Rejects Harvard’s Call for Reconsidering His Withdrawal of Donation Offer

SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — A grandson of a legendary Korean independence fighter said Tuesday that he will reject a request from the Harvard president to reconsider his decision not to donate his family’s historical archives over a controversial paper portraying wartime sexual slaves as prostitutes. Philip Ahn Cuddy, the grandson of Ahn Chang-ho, [...]

Independence Fighter Grandson Ends Archive Donation Talks with Harvard over Professor’s Comfort Women Claim

Independence Fighter Grandson Ends Archive Donation Talks with Harvard over Professor’s Comfort Women Claim

SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A grandson of a renowned Korean independence fighter said Thursday that he had sent a letter to Harvard University’s president to end any discussions about donating his historical archives due to a professor’s article depicting Japan’s wartime sexual slavery as voluntary prostitution. In an email and phone interview with [...]

UNIST-Harvard Summer Program: “Lessons on Diversity”

UNIST-Harvard Summer Program: “Lessons on Diversity”

ULSAN, Jul. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Administrators at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) have revealed that the institution for higher learning is currently co-hosting a research internship program with Harvard University’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences for the second year in a row. The UNIST-Harvard SEAS Summer Program enables students [...]

Moon Administration Should Focus on Increasing Productivity: Harvard Professor

Moon Administration Should Focus on Increasing Productivity: Harvard Professor

SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – At the 18th World Knowledge Forum held at the Shilla Seoul Hotel on October 18, Harvard Economics Professor Robert Barro evaluated the current Moon administration’s focus on income growth as “not going down the right path” during a “2018 Global Economic Outlook” segment. Drawing comparisons to policies enacted in [...]

American Colleges’ Endowments Earn Good Returns While Korean Ones Incur Big Losses

American Colleges’ Endowments Earn Good Returns While Korean Ones Incur Big Losses

SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Endowments of colleges in the U.S. earned decent returns while Korean universities suffered great losses. The Wall Street Journal reported on September 23 that “Harvard, the World’s Wealthiest University, Reported a 15.4 Percent Investment Return for Fiscal 2014.” Its performance is weaker compared with certain peers but “those returns exceeded [...]