<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:tahoma, new york, times, serif;font-size:10pt"><div>via InsideHigherEd.com today --- G P Witteveen</div><div><br></div><div><div class="panel-pane pane-node-title extrapadding" style="line-height: 25px; font-size: 22px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(228, 113, 22); float: left; width: 2265px; padding-top: 10px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif; text-align: left; "><div class="pane-content">Expanded Effort to Promote Korean Studies</div></div><div class="panel-separator" style="padding-top: 10px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; "></div><div class="panel-pane pane-node-created views-field views-field-created" style="padding-top: 3px; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); clear: both; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Nimbus
Sans L', sans-serif; text-align: left; "><div class="pane-content">May 11, 2012 - 3:00am</div></div><div class="panel-separator" style="padding-top: 10px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; "></div><div class="panel-pane pane-entity-field pane-node-body" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; "><div class="pane-content"><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden" style="padding-top: 10px; "><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div style="padding-bottom: 10px; ">The Korea Foundation is planning a significant expansion of programs designed to promote Korean studies in countries other than Korea, <em><a
href="http://www.koreaherald.com/national/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20120510001142" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(228, 113, 22); ">The Korea Herald</a></em> reported. The Global E-School Program, which sets up centers at universities that mix locally based programs with real-life instruction from professors in South Korea, is one of the programs slated for expansion. The foundation currently supports 19 university centers in 12 countries. The foundation is starting an effort such that it would be supporting 57 centers in 23 countries.</div></div></div></div></div></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; "><br><br>Read more: <a href="http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2012/05/11/expanded-effort-promote-korean-studies#ixzz1uZlUDd00" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 51, 153);
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