The University under Siege The Corporate Culture and

The University under Siege The Corporate Culture and the fate of the humanities in Korea Chankil Park

Problems

Global Korea! l Kim Young Sam’s declaration of “Global Korea” started the competition and evaluation of universities in terms of so called productivity in 1995.

Corporatized Universities

“I Quit the university” because there is no truth, no justice, and no friendship. Yeseul Kim declared her voluntary withdrawal from Korea University.

Three Students’s Suicide at KAIST l “A New Policy in which students who receive a grade-point average lower than 3. 0 must pay partial tuition, while students with an average lower than 2. 0 must pay the full tuition of about $5, 540. ”

Student Protest for a Half Tuition “Cut Off the Tuition into Half without any condition!”

Student Power and Democracy in Korea

Park Seung Ik: a fighter for Korean Independence

Ryu Kwan Soon: The Icon of Independence Movement

Student Revolution in 1960

University Students’ Protest against President Park’s dictatorship

Student Protest against Military Regime in 1980

Student’s Sacrifice in Democratization of Korea

Literary intellectuals in 1970 s

Democracy in Korea

Universities relying on big companies

Mobile Phone Department? l Sungkyunkwan University, allegedly the oldest university in Korea, owned now by Sam Sung, created a new department specifically for Mobile Phone experts.

Nothing but the Job!

Hwang Woo Suk’s Scandal

Conclusion: the resistance to mammon, is it possible? l l l Money, the Holy Grail with poison? Truth-Seeking, Not Money-Seeking as the Raison d'être of University Nurturing world citizen, not manufacturing work force for the company Recovering healthy “politics” to the Academy No Surrender in the ongoing ideological war with Natural Science Looking for justification in its own terms