Evolution of research universities as a national research system in Korea: Accomplishments and challenges

This article focuses on South Korea, where the basis of the economy rapidly transformed from labor-intensive industries to heavy/chemical industries and then to technology-based industries within a short time period. The Korean case shows how national research systems evolve along with economic deve...

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Published in:Higher education 2015-08, Vol.70 (2), p.187-202
Main Authors: Shin, Jung Cheol, Lee, Soo Jeung
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aims and objectives
Analysis
Ausland
Chemical industry
Colleges & universities
Developing countries
Economic Change
Economic Development
Education
Education systems
Educational Policy
Foreign Countries
Forschung
Governance
Higher Education
History
Hochschule
Hochschullehrer
Industrial development
Information Technology
Institutionalization
Knowledge
Korea
Korean language
Labor
LDCs
Political power
Politics of Education
R&D
Research & development
Research and Development
Research centers
Research funding
Research Universities
Science
South Korea
Study abroad
Systems development
Technology
Universities
Universities and colleges
University research
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Summary:This article focuses on South Korea, where the basis of the economy rapidly transformed from labor-intensive industries to heavy/chemical industries and then to technology-based industries within a short time period. The Korean case shows how national research systems evolve along with economic development. On the other hand, such rapid research system development is accompanied by problems and challenges. This article focuses on university research as a part of Korea's national research system in support of economic development, what Korean research universities have accomplished through policy initiatives, and the challenges the universities currently face.(HRK / Abstract übernomen)
ISSN:0018-1560
1573-174X
DOI:10.1007/s10734-014-9847-5