SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Parents’ level of education and income level have a significant impact on a child’s college entrance, a study showed Thursday. The Korea Institute of Public Finance released a report that uses the Graduates Occupational Mobility Survey (GOMS) to measure the Global Opportunity Index (GOI) and Relative Index of Inequality [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. is widening investment for the future of the semiconductor industry by joining hands with universities to train experts and professionals. The global tech giant signed an agreement with the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea’s top science university, on Thursday to build [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Elite colleges and universities appear to be riding the metaverse wave as Yonsei University recently held an exotic off-campus team-building outing — commonly referred to in South Korea as “membership training” (MT) — using popular virtual platforms including Gather Town and Roblox. Over 100 college students from Global Leaders [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The “CAMPUS Asia” program, an educational collaboration among South Korea, China and Japan designed to train a new generation of leaders of Asia, will be expanded this year to include three Southeast Asian countries, the education ministry in Sejong said Tuesday. CAMPUS Asia, short for Collective Action for Mobility [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — With remote lectures becoming more common in COVID-19 era, an increasing number of universities are furnishing themselves with a variety of broadcasting equipment and large-sized monitors for online lectures and meetings. At Soongsil University, a large-sized curved screen 10 meters wide and 1.5 meters tall is installed on the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Eleven national universities and national university corporations in South Korea have used more than 1.8 million animals for experiments over the past three years. Rep. Lee Tan-hee of the ruling Democratic Party said Thursday that, according to reports from 10 national universities and Incheon University, a total of 1.8 [...]
SEOUL, June 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Universities and colleges in South Korea are planning to gradually expand in-person classes in the fall semester in line with the nation’s rising rate of vaccinations against COVID-19, officials said Saturday. The Ministry of Education recommended earlier this week that the proportion of in-person lectures be gradually increased at [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Universities and students are baffled by Google Inc.’s abrupt decision to end free, unlimited mail and cloud storage service for college students and introduce paid subscription fees next year. The South Korean unit of U.S. tech giant recently sent out notices to universities in the country using Google’s cloud [...]
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. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Throwing graduation caps will be a rare scene to witness this year as the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage on. Most universities and colleges have decided to cancel, minimize, or hold graduation ceremonies online. Pusan National University has cancelled its offline graduation ceremony and instead decided to distribute graduation [...]