So do any ROK Heads happen to teach at any of these schools?

The government made public Friday the names of five national universities that fared poorly in its evaluations. They will face sanctions should they fail to carry out stringent rationalization programs.

They are Kangwon, Chungbuk, Gangneung-Wonju, Kunsan National Universities, and Busan National University of Education. They were the bottom 15 percent of the 38 state-owned universities across the nation, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said.

The schools are fiercely protesting the government’s assessment, demanding it withdraw what they call an “unreasonable” assessment.

Mounting government pressure

The selection of the five universities came days after the recent naming of 43 poorly-managed private schools that will face disadvantages. The government cut state subsidies to the 43 for their lack of competitiveness in early September.

“The evaluation on state-run universities was conducted with an objective management index and the purpose is to send a signal that they need to change,” said Hong Seung-yong, the head of the panel on college restructuring.

The five state-run universities will have to establish their own autonomous restructuring plans and execute them for the next year in order to avoid being weeded out entirely.   [Korea Times]

What I find interesting about this list is that Chungbuk University which is located in Cheongju was heavily involved with the now defunct Korean Truth & Reconciliation Commission that contributed to spreading the No Gun Ri mythology.  Considering their involvement in sloppy historical research it doesn’t surprise me that it is such a lowly ranked university in South Korea