A MUTED VOICE IN ACADEME - THE KOREAN VERSION OF ENTREPRENEURIAL SCHOLARSHIP

The imperatives of social democratization and global economic competit ion have opened a new phase of development for the Korean university a nd its scholarship. The increased social demands for knowledge creatio n and dissemination gradually extend the scope of professional practic e beyond the conventional areas of academic work. This paper explores, based upon the findings of a case study, how Korean universities and their professors have been responding to these demands and what conseq uences are observable. It also explains how the new demands and respon ses are contributing to local development. Finally, it highlights seve ral controversial issues in the discourse on entrepreneurial scholarsh ip and discusses these in the Korean context as points for further inv estigation.