Sheng-Ju Chan
Biographic Data
| ID | 760938 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sheng-Ju Chan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sheng-Ju |
| FAMILY NAME | Chan |
| SIGNATURE | CHAN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Chung Cheng University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3830-5304 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 56 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
A golden ticket: The framing of lifelong learning in education policies in the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore
Crises for Private Higher Education in Taiwan? A Conjunctural Analysis
Private higher education (PHE) in Taiwan, similar to other East Asian systems, is a distinct sector that has played several significant roles. It experienced growth and prosperity during the massification of the entire higher education system. However, a multitude of emerging circumstances has ushered in dramatic changes and crises, impacting not only PHE but also the entire sector as a whole. These ongoing developments have the potential to fund…
Knowledge production and international academic collaboration in Taiwan: A disciplinary analysis
Taiwan, an emerging scientific powerhouse, has systematically upgraded its knowledge production and international academic collaboration . It is imperative to understand such new developments. In addition, according to extant theoretical and empirical perspectives, disciplinary areas and faculty members’ characteristics are also critical factors influencing the behaviours of knowledge production and international collaboration. Under this broader…
Students as a Nexus of Cultural Diplomacy: Estimating the Outcomes of the International Higher Education Scholarship Program in Taiwan
Internationalization policy in higher education facilitates a nation's economic growth and demonstrates generosity to other nations. This study investigates the impact of the International Higher Education Scholarship Program of the International Cooperation and Development Fund on recipients’ perceptions of and experiences in Taiwan. Based on the management, education, medical science, and engineering programs of four case study universities, it…
Why do students pursue a doctorate in the era of the ‘PhD crisis’? Evidence from Taiwan
Drawing on interviews with nine PhD students and twelve PhD graduates from a research university in Taiwan, this paper explores students' motivational profiles for pursuing a PhD at a time when that degree is increasingly decoupled from academic employment. Using self‐determination theory as a conceptual lens, the paper identifies common enrolment motivations in the PhD crisis era. Amidst the doctoral enrolment crisis in Taiwan, where the traditi…
Students’ Online Learning Adoption during an Emergency Situation: Integrating the Self-Determination and Perceived Risk Theories
By integrating self-determination theory and perceived risk theory, the current research proposes a new model to predict students’ online learning adoption during an emergency situation such as the COVID-19 pandemic. More specifically, it is aimed at exploring how online communication self-efficacy, online learning belonging, and perceived risk predict students’ online learning adoption. A printed questionnaire was developed to collect data from …
A year of missed opportunity: Post-Covid learning loss – A renewed call to action
Adopting neoliberal values in Taiwan's higher education governance: A Hybridisation Process
This article considers the adoption of Western neoliberalism in Taiwan’s higher education (HE) governance as a hybridisation process in which the influences of political democratisation, social liberalisation and Chinese cultural traditions intersect with contemporary Western norms and values. The paper draws on data from interviews with senior university administrators and education ministry officials to delineate the resistance to the competiti…
Is quality assurance relevant to overseas qualification recognition in Asian higher education? Examining the regulatory framework and the roles of quality assurance agencies and professional accredito…
The engagement of quality assurance in the recognition process of overseas qualifications became an emerging issue in Asian nations with the increased interest in student mobility in the region in the 21st Century. This study explores the links between quality assurance and qualification recognition, and approaches adopted within national regulatory frameworks in the Asia Pacific region from the perspective of quality assurance agencies. Three ma…
Life course productivity model to analyze academic research issues: A longitudinal analysis at one Taiwanese university
Research productivity has been a critical issue in terms of academic development in higher education. In this study, we adopt a life-course perspective to examine the personal factors, mostly age-related, affecting research productivity in a Taiwanese research-oriented university. Covering a time series of 20 years, our dataset includes individual research performance of faculty and other relevant covariates over their life course. The growth cur…
Massified Master’s Education in Taiwan: A Credential Game
Knowledge production and internationalisation of research in Taiwan: A New Watershed
A major evolution of the research system has taken place in the Asian region. Taiwan, as an emerging economy, has systematically upgraded its knowledge production and international academic collaboration during recent decades. Within this broader context, this research aims mainly to investigate the contemporary development of knowledge production and internationalisation of research in Taiwan. Particular attention is directed to the concrete pol…
Who influences higher education decision-making in Taiwan? An analysis of internal stakeholders
In the past two decades, Taiwan has gone through a series of drastic higher education transformations in response to the multi-faceted demands from globalization and domestic social change. Among the driving forces, new public management and neoliberal ideology have reshaped the nature and culture of higher education in Taiwan. The current study focuses on the broader internal stakeholders’ relationships to higher education policy as they systema…
Globalism, regionalism and nationalism: The dynamics of student mobility in higher education across the Taiwan Strait
This paper aims to broaden the conceptual approaches to understanding the complexity of student mobility in higher education (HE) across the Taiwan Strait, thereby exemplifying a contradictory mix of collaboration and competition that involves interplay among the various forces associated with global, regional and national settings. To achieve this goal, the paper provides an abstraction of ‘trichotomisation’, which explains the significance of t…
Transit point of global talent: Social/cultural dimensions of short-term student circulation
The development of the modern global economy and the national competition in trade and commerce has intensified. Thus, overseas study as a major form of human capital formation in the Asian region tends to be regarded as an economic measure for enhancing workforce quality and national competitiveness. Mainstream discourses on international students at the national level have been instrumental in ignoring the social and cultural dimensions pursued…
Governance styles in Taiwanese universities: Features and effects
Hybrid university in Taiwan: The Prominence of Traditional Intellects
There has been a debate as to how local universities have been influenced by international forces. There is a concern that local or domestic cultures and values might be eroded or undermined. Therefore, it would be meaningful to examine such dynamics and explore how hybridity could be formed through these interactions. It is against such a wider context that we chose two Taiwanese universities as case studies to reveal the detailed process and it…
The Hybrid University in East Asia: Searching for the New Paradigm
According to some international rankings and benchmarking, universities in East Asia have gained prominent attention due to considerable progress made during the past two decades (Mok 2016). By exa
Aiming for better employment: A holistic analysis from admission to labour market
To address the changing needs of the labour market better, higher education institutions have increasingly aimed to enhance their teaching quality and the learning experiences of their students. Therefore, a key concept of the missions of contemporary educational institutions is to improve students' employability after graduation. Although extensive initiatives have been undertaken, educational mismatch remains intensely debated and may seriously…
University Rankings: Implications for Higher Education in Taiwan
Higher Education Research Community in Taiwan: An Emerging Field
Massification of Higher Education in Taiwan: Shifting Pressure from Admission to Employment
Recruiting Students from China: Taiwan's Policies and the Dilemmas It Faces
For the past several decades, China has sent many students to other higher education systems for education overseas. The Taiwanese higher education sector, which is facing intense international competition, is also attempting to recruit students from China in order to internationalize its higher education and solve the problem of overprovision of university places. However, due to national security concerns and youth employment opportunities, rec…
Internationalising higher education sectors: Explaining the approaches in four Asian countries
In recognising the strategic position of the higher education sector in terms of international competitiveness in an increasingly globalised economy, many states have begun to internationalise their systems. This article seeks to explore the approaches that have been used to strengthen this cross-border linkage. An in-depth examination into the approaches that certain Asian countries have employed to internationalise their higher education sector…
Shifting Patterns of Student Mobility in Asia
Shifting Patterns of Student Mobility in Asia
Massification of Higher Education in Taiwan: Shifting Pressure from Admission to Employment
The Hybrid University in East Asia: Searching for the New Paradigm
According to some international rankings and benchmarking, universities in East Asia have gained prominent attention due to considerable progress made during the past two decades (Mok 2016). By exa
Internationalising higher education sectors: Explaining the approaches in four Asian countries
In recognising the strategic position of the higher education sector in terms of international competitiveness in an increasingly globalised economy, many states have begun to internationalise their systems. This article seeks to explore the approaches that have been used to strengthen this cross-border linkage. An in-depth examination into the approaches that certain Asian countries have employed to internationalise their higher education sector…
Governance styles in Taiwanese universities: Features and effects
Hybrid university in Taiwan: The Prominence of Traditional Intellects
There has been a debate as to how local universities have been influenced by international forces. There is a concern that local or domestic cultures and values might be eroded or undermined. Therefore, it would be meaningful to examine such dynamics and explore how hybridity could be formed through these interactions. It is against such a wider context that we chose two Taiwanese universities as case studies to reveal the detailed process and it…
Globalism, regionalism and nationalism: The dynamics of student mobility in higher education across the Taiwan Strait
This paper aims to broaden the conceptual approaches to understanding the complexity of student mobility in higher education (HE) across the Taiwan Strait, thereby exemplifying a contradictory mix of collaboration and competition that involves interplay among the various forces associated with global, regional and national settings. To achieve this goal, the paper provides an abstraction of ‘trichotomisation’, which explains the significance of t…
Adopting neoliberal values in Taiwan's higher education governance: A Hybridisation Process
This article considers the adoption of Western neoliberalism in Taiwan’s higher education (HE) governance as a hybridisation process in which the influences of political democratisation, social liberalisation and Chinese cultural traditions intersect with contemporary Western norms and values. The paper draws on data from interviews with senior university administrators and education ministry officials to delineate the resistance to the competiti…
Massified Master’s Education in Taiwan: A Credential Game
Who influences higher education decision-making in Taiwan? An analysis of internal stakeholders
In the past two decades, Taiwan has gone through a series of drastic higher education transformations in response to the multi-faceted demands from globalization and domestic social change. Among the driving forces, new public management and neoliberal ideology have reshaped the nature and culture of higher education in Taiwan. The current study focuses on the broader internal stakeholders’ relationships to higher education policy as they systema…
Higher Education Research Community in Taiwan: An Emerging Field
Recruiting Students from China: Taiwan's Policies and the Dilemmas It Faces
For the past several decades, China has sent many students to other higher education systems for education overseas. The Taiwanese higher education sector, which is facing intense international competition, is also attempting to recruit students from China in order to internationalize its higher education and solve the problem of overprovision of university places. However, due to national security concerns and youth employment opportunities, rec…
Shifting Patterns of Student Mobility in Asia
Internationalising higher education sectors: Explaining the approaches in four Asian countries
In recognising the strategic position of the higher education sector in terms of international competitiveness in an increasingly globalised economy, many states have begun to internationalise their systems. This article seeks to explore the approaches that have been used to strengthen this cross-border linkage. An in-depth examination into the approaches that certain Asian countries have employed to internationalise their higher education sector…
Recruiting Students from China: Taiwan's Policies and the Dilemmas It Faces
For the past several decades, China has sent many students to other higher education systems for education overseas. The Taiwanese higher education sector, which is facing intense international competition, is also attempting to recruit students from China in order to internationalize its higher education and solve the problem of overprovision of university places. However, due to national security concerns and youth employment opportunities, rec…
University Rankings: Implications for Higher Education in Taiwan
Higher Education Research Community in Taiwan: An Emerging Field
Massification of Higher Education in Taiwan: Shifting Pressure from Admission to Employment
Aiming for better employment: A holistic analysis from admission to labour market
To address the changing needs of the labour market better, higher education institutions have increasingly aimed to enhance their teaching quality and the learning experiences of their students. Therefore, a key concept of the missions of contemporary educational institutions is to improve students' employability after graduation. Although extensive initiatives have been undertaken, educational mismatch remains intensely debated and may seriously…
Governance styles in Taiwanese universities: Features and effects
Hybrid university in Taiwan: The Prominence of Traditional Intellects
There has been a debate as to how local universities have been influenced by international forces. There is a concern that local or domestic cultures and values might be eroded or undermined. Therefore, it would be meaningful to examine such dynamics and explore how hybridity could be formed through these interactions. It is against such a wider context that we chose two Taiwanese universities as case studies to reveal the detailed process and it…
The Hybrid University in East Asia: Searching for the New Paradigm
According to some international rankings and benchmarking, universities in East Asia have gained prominent attention due to considerable progress made during the past two decades (Mok 2016). By exa
Transit point of global talent: Social/cultural dimensions of short-term student circulation
The development of the modern global economy and the national competition in trade and commerce has intensified. Thus, overseas study as a major form of human capital formation in the Asian region tends to be regarded as an economic measure for enhancing workforce quality and national competitiveness. Mainstream discourses on international students at the national level have been instrumental in ignoring the social and cultural dimensions pursued…
Massified Master’s Education in Taiwan: A Credential Game
Knowledge production and internationalisation of research in Taiwan: A New Watershed
A major evolution of the research system has taken place in the Asian region. Taiwan, as an emerging economy, has systematically upgraded its knowledge production and international academic collaboration during recent decades. Within this broader context, this research aims mainly to investigate the contemporary development of knowledge production and internationalisation of research in Taiwan. Particular attention is directed to the concrete pol…
Who influences higher education decision-making in Taiwan? An analysis of internal stakeholders
In the past two decades, Taiwan has gone through a series of drastic higher education transformations in response to the multi-faceted demands from globalization and domestic social change. Among the driving forces, new public management and neoliberal ideology have reshaped the nature and culture of higher education in Taiwan. The current study focuses on the broader internal stakeholders’ relationships to higher education policy as they systema…
Globalism, regionalism and nationalism: The dynamics of student mobility in higher education across the Taiwan Strait
This paper aims to broaden the conceptual approaches to understanding the complexity of student mobility in higher education (HE) across the Taiwan Strait, thereby exemplifying a contradictory mix of collaboration and competition that involves interplay among the various forces associated with global, regional and national settings. To achieve this goal, the paper provides an abstraction of ‘trichotomisation’, which explains the significance of t…
Is quality assurance relevant to overseas qualification recognition in Asian higher education? Examining the regulatory framework and the roles of quality assurance agencies and professional accredito…
The engagement of quality assurance in the recognition process of overseas qualifications became an emerging issue in Asian nations with the increased interest in student mobility in the region in the 21st Century. This study explores the links between quality assurance and qualification recognition, and approaches adopted within national regulatory frameworks in the Asia Pacific region from the perspective of quality assurance agencies. Three ma…
Life course productivity model to analyze academic research issues: A longitudinal analysis at one Taiwanese university
Research productivity has been a critical issue in terms of academic development in higher education. In this study, we adopt a life-course perspective to examine the personal factors, mostly age-related, affecting research productivity in a Taiwanese research-oriented university. Covering a time series of 20 years, our dataset includes individual research performance of faculty and other relevant covariates over their life course. The growth cur…
Students’ Online Learning Adoption during an Emergency Situation: Integrating the Self-Determination and Perceived Risk Theories
By integrating self-determination theory and perceived risk theory, the current research proposes a new model to predict students’ online learning adoption during an emergency situation such as the COVID-19 pandemic. More specifically, it is aimed at exploring how online communication self-efficacy, online learning belonging, and perceived risk predict students’ online learning adoption. A printed questionnaire was developed to collect data from …
A year of missed opportunity: Post-Covid learning loss – A renewed call to action
Adopting neoliberal values in Taiwan's higher education governance: A Hybridisation Process
This article considers the adoption of Western neoliberalism in Taiwan’s higher education (HE) governance as a hybridisation process in which the influences of political democratisation, social liberalisation and Chinese cultural traditions intersect with contemporary Western norms and values. The paper draws on data from interviews with senior university administrators and education ministry officials to delineate the resistance to the competiti…
Students as a Nexus of Cultural Diplomacy: Estimating the Outcomes of the International Higher Education Scholarship Program in Taiwan
Internationalization policy in higher education facilitates a nation's economic growth and demonstrates generosity to other nations. This study investigates the impact of the International Higher Education Scholarship Program of the International Cooperation and Development Fund on recipients’ perceptions of and experiences in Taiwan. Based on the management, education, medical science, and engineering programs of four case study universities, it…
Why do students pursue a doctorate in the era of the ‘PhD crisis’? Evidence from Taiwan
Drawing on interviews with nine PhD students and twelve PhD graduates from a research university in Taiwan, this paper explores students' motivational profiles for pursuing a PhD at a time when that degree is increasingly decoupled from academic employment. Using self‐determination theory as a conceptual lens, the paper identifies common enrolment motivations in the PhD crisis era. Amidst the doctoral enrolment crisis in Taiwan, where the traditi…
Crises for Private Higher Education in Taiwan? A Conjunctural Analysis
Private higher education (PHE) in Taiwan, similar to other East Asian systems, is a distinct sector that has played several significant roles. It experienced growth and prosperity during the massification of the entire higher education system. However, a multitude of emerging circumstances has ushered in dramatic changes and crises, impacting not only PHE but also the entire sector as a whole. These ongoing developments have the potential to fund…
Knowledge production and international academic collaboration in Taiwan: A disciplinary analysis
Taiwan, an emerging scientific powerhouse, has systematically upgraded its knowledge production and international academic collaboration . It is imperative to understand such new developments. In addition, according to extant theoretical and empirical perspectives, disciplinary areas and faculty members’ characteristics are also critical factors influencing the behaviours of knowledge production and international collaboration. Under this broader…
A golden ticket: The framing of lifelong learning in education policies in the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore
Political science (20 works) · Higher education (19 works) · Economics (17 works) · Higher Education Governance and Development (17 works) · Economic growth (14 works) · Business (12 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Geography (8 works) · Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities (7 works) · Higher Education Learning Practices (7 works)