Major South Korean Study Abroad Trends

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Major South Korean Study Abroad Trends

• Prepared for the AP Summer Institute in Asia
• by the Fulbright Commission, Seoul Korea, July
  2008www.fulbright.or.kr
• www.educationusa.or.kr

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Overview

• Korean Students Going Abroad and International
  Students in Korea
• Korean and international students in the U.S.
  Sevis and IIE Open Doors Data
• Some key characteristics of South Koreas
  education sector
• I will post this presentation athttp//blog.educa
  tionusa.or.kr

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Korean Students Going Abroad
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Breakdown by Country
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Breakdown by Country, 2006-2007
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Level of Study Breakdown by Region
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International Students in Korea
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103,389 Active Korean Students in the U.S. as of
June 2008, Sevis data
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Education Level of Active Students Sevis Data
July 2008
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Top Ten Majors Intl Students
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Geographic Distribution
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Open Doors Data-Intensive English
Rank Place of Origin Students S-Weeks
WORLD TOTAL 45,167 636,522
1 Korea, Rep. of (South) 10,026 141,336
2 Japan 7,453 94,649
3 Saudi Arabia 5,047 126,996
4 Taiwan 4,748 68,868
5 Brazil 1,572 14,351
6 China 1,461 18,686
7 France 1,008 7,688
8 Thailand 975 13,105
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Academic Level of Korean Students in the U.S.
(2006/7 Open Doors)

• 45.2 undergraduate
• 38.4 graduate students
• 7.2 other
• 9.2 OPT (Optional Practical Training)

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Koreas Education Sector

• Specialized and private high schools.

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Specialized High Schools

• A high school with an animation department
  http//www.bchs.hs.kr/
• Korea Game Science High School http//www.game.hs.
  kr/
• Daewon Foreign Language High School
  http//daewon.seoul.kr/dflhs/dflhs_eng/daefh_mseng
  01.asp

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Koreas Education Sector

• Specialized and private high schools.
• Korea has the worlds highest rate of H.S.
  graduates going on to higher education

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Advancement/Employment Rate for High School
Graduates
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Advancement/Employment Rate for University
Graduates
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Koreas Services Deficit
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Private Versus Public Expenditure
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Private Education is Big Business in Korea

• The industry is estimated to be worth 20-30
  trillion won (21 billion to 32 billion).
• Samsung Securities estimated the market would
  reach 28.6 trillion won this year.

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Private Institutes in Korea

• 77 percent of Korean students are getting private
  education
• Averaging 7.8 hours per week
• 222,000 won per child
• 20.4 trillion won expenditure last year

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Investment in English Education

• Koreans spend an estimated 16 billion per year
  on private institutes and tutoring.
• This estimate includes English lessons at the
  kindergarten level and expenses for those
  families who go overseas for study.
• Source Samsung Research Institute

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President-elect Lee Myung Baks Promised Reforms

• Reducing the role of private education and
  strengthening the public education system.
• Education Ministry has become the Ministry of
  Education, Science and Technology

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Highlights of the New Governments
English-Friendly Plan

• Govt to invest 4.2 billion over the next five
  years
• To introduce Teaching English in English
• To outsource 23,000 teachers
• Reduce English class size from 35 to 23
• Offer immersion and other training to English
  teachers
• Utilize housewives and overseas Koreans
• Introduce an English proficiency test to replace
  current tests

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