The World View

In many countries around the globe nepotism in higher education is not unusual at all.

Ethiopian universities now award more than 500 Ph.D.s every year, up from a low of 21 in 2010-11, but with disappointing results.

Private institutions enroll one in three of the world’s higher education students—by 2010 private enrollment reached 57 million.

World-class universities must assume their role model responsibility -- the “ivory tower” could thus morph into a “beacon of hope.”

While the introduction of a new processes is one step forward toward a more accountable institutional system, its effectiveness depends on parallel reforms in the governance structure.

Simply assembling diversity on campus — racial, international, socio-economic, cultural, generational, etc.— accomplishes little.

A great barrier lies in the ideology and traditions that govern every aspect of the Korean society, including higher education.

In the past three years, the system has had to absorb an additional 30,000 to 40,000 students every year.