Professors took students’ exams to avoid department shutdown

Three professors and a teaching assistant in Gwangju were fined for taking exams on behalf of their students in an attempt to prevent their department from being abolished, the Gwangju District Court said Monday. The four were fined between 1.5 million won and 6 million won ($1,000 to $4,000) after being found guilty of obstructing academic operations and aiding and abetting the obstruction of business. The defendants had directly recruited students to fill their department’s enrollment quota, a