Women account for only 15% of the tenured faculty at Seoul National University (SNU), a figure showing serious gender disparity at the school. Female professors only held 13.3% of the major positions at the school, far below 40%, the minimum for female participation presented by the Framework Act on Gender Equality. Among the Korean faculty members, Seoul National University graduates accounted for 80.4%, and an overwhelming 47.7% of the professors obtained their highest degree in the United States.

On October 12, Seoul National University's Diversity Council (Chair: Professor Roe Jung-hye) released a diversity report with such details for the first time for a Korean university. A diversity report is the result of statistics and analyses on the gender, origin, race, nationality, etc. of members within an organization gathered to increase diversity and reduce discrimination among the members. Leading overseas universities, such as Harvard University, have diversity organizations in place, announce annual diversity reports, and reflect the results in their policies. ...

The Kyunghyung Shinmun, October 13, 2017