A new survey has found that five out of ten South Korean college students have struggled to communicate with their professors.

The survey was conducted by five college newspapers on one-thousand-80 students and 361 professors from five universities, including Korea University, Yonsei University and Kyung Hee University.

Survey results show that 53 percent of students and 44 percent of professors questioned said they had experienced difficulty communicating.

Professors expressed that communication barriers rise from the differences in values and ways of thinking. They also said that many students feel uncomfortable around professors in general. Students said that their professors’ busy schedules and authoritarian attitude were reasons for difficulties in communication.