By Kang Shin-who
Staff Reporter
Pusan National University (PNU) in the nation's largest port city said it plans to disclose students' assessment of professors' lectures from next year.
The school will ban professors and lecturers from conducting classes where he or she gains low scores from students for two years.
Under the plan, PNU will disclose lists of professors who are ranked in the top and bottom 30 percent from students' feedback. It is collecting opinions from professors and students for the establishment of the new rules.
In addition, the university will not allow part-time lecturers to conduct compulsory courses to improve the quality of lectures.
PNU is not the only university introducing corporate-style assessment and incentive schemes for professors. A growing number of universities are moving to introduce a competition system among professors using students for feedback.
Dongguk University last year started to disclose ratings of professors to its students so that they can pick classes after they compare the assessments of professors.
Korea University is also posting results of assessments of professors in its MBA programs so that students can get more information about each course and professor.
Yonsei University as well has provided rankings in its MBA courses from last fall semester and Sogang University has revealed feedback from students in all of its courses.