Many continue their studies at junior colleges rather than at four-year universities. This demographic shift has caused the closure of thousands of schools throughout Korea, almost 90 percent of them located in rural regions, which are increasingly being bled out by a rapid out-migration to the cities. As the New York Times noted in 2015, since 1982 “… nearly 3,600 schools have closed across South Korea, most of them in rural towns, for lack of children. These teachers offer career-based and technical training to students in vocational schools and classrooms. News & World Report Best Global Universities Rankings, 38 Australian…