[KS] Re: On the Korean university system

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Dear Dr. Seliger,
just two remarks. 

1. I would put greater stress on the interconnection of what you 
called 'academic clans' and the - traditional - ranking of universities. 
Also there seems to be a re-thinking with the shift of emphasis 
from liberal arts to science, technology an economic subjects, and 
also after reports have hit the press, that the percentage of 
graduates who found a job seems to indicate that the traditional 
ranking does not necessarily reflect the acceptance in the job 
market.

2. I would also reflect on the different role in society. Since the 
Korean education system only recently started to offer alternative 
ways to acquire job eligability, whereas in Germany traditionally we 
have many "Lehre (on the job training)", the German university puts 
greater stress on more academic and abstract education, and the 
Korean universities also prepare more directly for the job market (or 
at least that is their role...). Because of that, many subjects which 
in Germany are not university subjects are to be found in Korean 
universities.

Good luck, Werner Sasse


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  Prof.Dr. Werner Sasse
  Korean Studies Section
  University of Hamburg
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