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Education in Korea: A Status Report

Education in Korea: A Status Report. James F. Larson, Ph.D. Associate Director Fulbright Commission, Seoul. Presentation Overview. The Education Mkt: Some Basic Statistics The Private Sector in Korean Education Korea ’ s Information Culture and Infrastructure Study-abroad Trends Visas

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Education in Korea: A Status Report

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  1. Education in Korea: A Status Report James F. Larson, Ph.D.Associate DirectorFulbright Commission, Seoul

  2. Presentation Overview • The Education Mkt: Some Basic Statistics • The Private Sector in Korean Education • Korea’s Information Culture and Infrastructure • Study-abroad Trends • Visas • The U.S. Education Center, Seoul

  3. Education Market Statistics • Student enrollment at elementary, middle, HS and tertiary levels. • Levels of public and private expenditure on education. • Number of university-based and private English institutes in Korea. • No. of native English language teachers in Korea.

  4. Breakdown of Korea’s Nearly 12 million students (2002 data)

  5. Public School Primary: $2,740 Middle: $3,429 High School: $4,280 Private Tutoring Primary: $2,106 Middle: $2,789 High School: $3,008 Ministry of Education,2003 statistics. Korea’s Per-Student Expenditures on Public Education

  6. The Private Sector in Korean Education • An estimated 3,000 private English institutes nationwide, with about one-third located in the Seoul area. • Annual sales of the five leading English institutes exceeded $80 million as of 12/02. Samsung Economic Research Institute

  7. Korea’s Information Society • 65.5% of Koreans age 6 and older access the internet at least once a month (a world-leading percentage). • Korea’s internet population is estimated to be 29.22 million people. • 97% of Korea’s students use the internet. KRNIC Survey, December 2003

  8. Korea’s Cyber Universities • Korea has 16 cyber universities. • More than 20,000 students enrolled, with tuition fees totaling $42.7 million. • Traditional, or offline universities also earned approximately $34.2 million from their online courses Korea Association of Cyber EducationKorea Times, Feb. 17, 2004

  9. Study Abroad Trends • The overall number of Koreans going abroad has increased significantly over the past five years. • Number going to the U.S. continues to increase • BUT, US market share is decreasing relative to Australia, Canada, Britain, NZ.

  10. Intensive English Programs • Korea follows the worldwide downward trend. • Phillip Ives of the State Department: “IEPs are the ‘canary in a mineshaft’ of international educational exchange.”

  11. Koreans Who Receive U.S. Ph.D.s • Study published in November 2003, based on student tax records, showed that 71% of foreign citizens who received doctorates in science and engineering were still in the U.S. two years later.

  12. Koreans Who Receive U.S. Ph.D.s • 96 percent of Chinese recipients of doctorates still in the United States two years after completing their degrees, compared with 20 percent of those from South Korea?

  13. Student Visas • US Embassy Seoul has the world’s largest NIV section. • Recent remodeling of NIV area at Embassy. • New embassy web services. • Regular Visa briefings on 6th floor of Fulbright building by NIV staff.

  14. Our Friendly Competitors • Britain, Canada, Australia, NZ • How they work with private study abroad agencies. • Canada-Digital Chosun co-branding and partnership. • English teaching (British Council, Canadian Language Institute Korea)

  15. U.S. Education Center • Summary of public contacts (with handout incl pie chart). • The advising communications hierarchy. • Sites hosted for major U.S. study fairs. • Free hosting of Korean language pages for U.S. schools.

  16. The Advising Communications Hierarchy • Ordered from the most costly to least costly • Order from the fewest people reached to the greatest number served • Fulbright Korea public contacts increased from approx. 1.1 million in 2002 to 1,477,192 in 2003

  17. The Advising Communications Hierarchy • Individual advising $$$$$$$ • Group advising sessions $$$$$$ • Telephone Inquiries $$$ • E-mail inquiries (incl. web forms) $$ • Web pages $

  18. Study Fairs in Korea • Linden U.S. University Fair • MBA Tour • American Association of Community Colleges Study Fair • American Education Fair • The American Association of Boarding Schools • ISN Agents Fair

  19. Fulbright Korea’s Service for U.S. Schools • We host up to 4-6 Korean-language web pages per school. • Service free if information submitted in Korean, otherwise nominal translation charge. • Reach 4,000+ unique visitors daily via the Fulbright Korea Family of Websites.

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