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	<title>Fulbright U.S. Education Center &#187; Admissions Policies</title>
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		<title>TOEFL Scores no Longer to be Decisive in College Entrance</title>
		<link>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2010/04/toefl-scores-no-longer-to-be-decisive-in-college-entrance/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2010/04/toefl-scores-no-longer-to-be-decisive-in-college-entrance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 23:33:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamesflarson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TOEFL, TOEIC and other English test scores will not be used as major elements in the process of admitting students to universities under the admissions officer system.  As reported in The Korea Times, this is part of new guidelines announced by the Korean Council for University Education (KCUE).  The new policy is in line with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South Korea&#8217;s Education Policy:  Keeping Hagwon&#8217;s at Bay</title>
		<link>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2010/01/south-koreas-education-policy-keeping-hagwons-at-bay/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2010/01/south-koreas-education-policy-keeping-hagwons-at-bay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:32:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamesflarson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Korea Times today published an interview with Vice Minister of Education Lee Ju Ho, that provides a good overview of the current administration&#8217;s education policy.  It&#8217;s goal, as the headline proclaimed, was to keep Hagwons (private institutes) at bay.  The Vice Minister was quoted as saying &#8220;Simply put, our goals are to enable students [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Private lessons to be a liability for entry into Foreign Language High Schools</title>
		<link>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2009/12/private-lessons-to-be-a-liability-for-entry-into-foreign-language-high-schools/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2009/12/private-lessons-to-be-a-liability-for-entry-into-foreign-language-high-schools/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamesflarson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Admissions Policies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As reported in the Joongang Daily today, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has announced that applicants to foreign language high schools who say they received private education or tutoring will be disadvantaged.  This is the Ministry&#8217;s latest effort to address concerns that changes in the foreign language high school&#8217;s admission process will further [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How the College Entrance Exam Shapes Korean Education</title>
		<link>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2009/11/how-the-college-entrance-exam-shapes-korean-education/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2009/11/how-the-college-entrance-exam-shapes-korean-education/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:46:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamesflarson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Korea Times this morning has a very informative article by Robert Dickey that summarizes the continuing strong influence of the university entrance exam (College Scholastic Aptitude Test) on Korean education.   Despite many efforts to change it over the years, &#8220;education inflation,&#8221; &#8220;teaching to the test&#8221; and the like persist.   This article is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CSAT Less Crucial than Before</title>
		<link>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2009/11/csat-less-crucial-than-before/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2009/11/csat-less-crucial-than-before/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:16:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamesflarson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Admissions Policies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As reported in The Korea Times today, the state-run college scholastic ability test, which was administered nationwide yesterday, is generally less crucial than it was in the past.  Colleges these days use their own methods to select students for admission in advance of the CSAT.   A large number of students are accepted during an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>96 Flights Re-scheduled on Exam Day in Korea</title>
		<link>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2009/11/96-flights-re-scheduled-on-exam-day-in-korea/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2009/11/96-flights-re-scheduled-on-exam-day-in-korea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamesflarson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A short article in The Korea Times this morning provides another reminder of the high priority this nation places on the college entrance exam.  The headline pretty much tells the story.   A total of 94 domestic flights and two international flights will be re-scheduled this Thursday, when the annual college scholastic ability tests are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>60 Percent of Freshmen at top universities come from Seoul</title>
		<link>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2009/04/60-percent-of-freshmen-at-top-universities-come-from-seoul/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2009/04/60-percent-of-freshmen-at-top-universities-come-from-seoul/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 06:32:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamesflarson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As reported by the Chosun Ilbo, 60 percent of freshmen admitted to Seoul National, Yonsei and Korea Universities in 2009 came from the capital city of Seoul and the immediately surrounding metropolitan area.  The largest proportion came from the upscale Gangnam area of Seoul, followed by Seocho, another upscale district.]]></description>
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		<title>KAIST to Accept 150 Students Based on Principal&#8217;s Recommendations</title>
		<link>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2009/03/kaist-to-accept-150-students-based-on-principals-recommendations/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2009/03/kaist-to-accept-150-students-based-on-principals-recommendations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamesflarson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has announced a new admissions policy under which it will admit 150 students, based on the recommendations of their high school principals.  The purpose of this new policy is to diversify admissions.  Over 80 percent of students admitted to the school this year graduated from elite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yongsan International School Warned Over Admission Fraud</title>
		<link>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2008/09/yongsan-international-school-warned-over-admission-fraud/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2008/09/yongsan-international-school-warned-over-admission-fraud/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamesflarson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Korea Times reports that education authorities have issued a disciplinary warning to Yongsan International School of Seoul (YISS) for admitting unqualified students. They confirmed an earlier report by The Korea Times (Aug. 25) that the school admitted eight unqualified Korean students who were children of the school’s Korean staff. The students in question have now [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Korean Colleges to Use Admissions Officers</title>
		<link>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2008/08/more-korean-colleges-to-use-admissions-officers/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.educationusa.or.kr/2008/08/more-korean-colleges-to-use-admissions-officers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamesflarson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seoul National University and dozens of other universities will expand the use of admission officers to recruit students.  The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology announced Wednesday that the schools will admit at least 3,000 students next year under a state-supported &#8221;admission officer&#8221; system. The ministry last year began subsidizing 10 universities for recruiting admission [...]]]></description>
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