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KAIST president targets 30% int'l student share by 2030
DAEJEON — KAIST President Bae Choong-sik, who took office last week, wants to double the share of international students by 2030, but says the real test of the university's global push will be whether incoming students and researchers produce meaningful work with their Korean peers. "The current proportion of international students sits at about 10 to 15 percent," Bae said in an exclusive interview with The Korea Herald. "So the 30 percent goal is a challenging one." Still, Bae said the target i
Aug. 17, 2026 - 12:53:43
Women‘s colleges in crisis: Blasted for gender bias, coed transition proposals
For more than a century women-only unis thrived, but debates on their existence, future roles anger students Confronting their biggest challenge in a century, South Korea‘s women’s universities are embroiled in controversies that have led some to question their relevance in a society where gender eq
Nov. 19, 2024 - 15:44:06
Hallyu, brokers and students‘ Korean dreams
Of foreign graduates, 8.2% locally hired, 28.6% left country, over 50% ‘unknown’ South Korea‘s universities are witnessing a transformative shift in their cultural landscape, brought by a surge in the number of international students. Though the trend was stagnant during the pandemic era, the number
March 13, 2024 - 15:45:47
Seoul vs. the rest: University pyramid crumbling at the bottom
Long-standing prejudice against provincial colleges threatens their existence - and the local economies that surround them “I would rather give up another year of my youth studying and trying again if I don’t make it ‘in-Seoul.’” Kim Tae-yoo, is set to graduate high school in just a month, but he sa
Jan. 22, 2024 - 17:39:24
