The banners voiced opposition to administrative reforms being imposed on the school by the government. For 28 years the school helped power Korea Inc., sending some 20,000 scientists and engineers into the eager embrace of the country's fast-growing industries. Many of the enginee rs that made Samsung into the world's largest memory chip maker were graduates.
Research remains the institute's top priority.
In, the institute's president. A move toward English language teaching is being followed by an overseas recruitment drive. Choi plans to enroll more foreign students and wants overseas teachers to bolster his 360-strong faculty.