[KS] IUC

[jayne at newdream.net]

Hello List,

The Korea Times also ran an article on the changes in education policy:
"Seoul to Facilitate Limited Education Market Opening", March 27, 2003.
It's basic points are similar to the Far Eastern Economic Review
article.


http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/tech/200303/kt2003032618020611790.htm


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>From my very very (very) limited perspective on these topics, another
intensive language program to compete with Yonsei and other summer
programs sounds helpful.  If a student is in, or starts off in, the
sciences or engineering, (which may be on the sterotypical side...what
is the breakdown of majors for Koreans in American universities?) then
the competition starts in high school.  By the time one gets to college,
it's a bit daunting to take an Asian language on top of the required
course load during the school year.  I first attended a small college
which didn't offer Korean, so the Yonsei program could have been an
option, but my happily overprotective parents questioned the outcome...I
thought established programs have mixed reviews.

If the IUC program is only for prestigious universities, then there must
be something for people that don't attend these universities or not even
close to attending them.  And there must be something for grade school
or high school students in America and elsewhere.  What about creating a
program so that undergraduates or graduates can teach Korean on the
weekends?  Are there effective Saturday school programs?  Maybe that's
for later.

Regarding the articles, foreign direct investment should benefit the
home country if there is an educated labor force to leverage the skills
learned and if the sector isn't saturated with FDI.  This seems to be
the case for Korea and its education system, but I'm not sure how
non-profits affect the theory.

-Jayne


P.S. I found this on the web, while researching another topic.  Not sure
if it's helpful because it doesn't include Korea in its studies, and
it's about general education and not language education, but maybe
someone has comparable data for Korea readily available and maybe
somehow it's helpful.

http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2003026


P.S.S. As for dreams, mine consists of (more) communities with Korean
language Saturday schools, more attention paid to positive programs that
came out of the LA riots such as the summer camp for African-Am and
Korean-Am kids in Chicago (if it still exists), and ... Mashimaro having
his own show on HBO or Comedy Central...but that's just me living in my
eggshell, dreaming dreams and getting mofat.