Jon :  Hogwanization is just a general observation about a phenomena that
has been going on for some time.  There are a number of schools that have
been resisting this trend in Korea but they can be counted on two hands. 
My own school is among them but the question is how long can they hold out
and buck the trend.  I do not think that this opinion should be headed
under the blacklist section, but rather under general information about
teaching conditions in Korea in Universities in general.  My comment is
more a comment on the economic conditions in Korea when unemployment is
increasing, incomes declining and social welfare policies, or a social
security blanket doesn't exist to the extent that it does in the West. 
Faculty at my University donate 10 % of their income to a fund to support
needy students so that they will not withdraw and treathen the economic
stability of the University.  In Korea Universities are by and large
private rather than government institutions and they have to be concerned
about the bottom line as they can not appeal to the taxpayer for funding. 

They are rarely as well endowed as would be the case in the West as most
of them are relatively new Universities.  There are only a few
Universities that are over a 100 years old like Ehwa women's University
that can count on generous alumni.  This is affecting English language
education at Korean Universities and by definition foreign instructors who
teach English.  I am sure that the market will sort this all out and that
with deteriorating working conditions other countries will start to look
more attractive. 

Sincerely,



Mark B