What is driving Taiwan government for policy change in higher education after the year of 2016 - in search of egalitarianism or pursuit of academic excellence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4097826 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Angela Yung-Chi Hou (0000-0003-3349-5671, Department of Education, National Cheng Chi University, Taipei, Taiwan, corresponding author), Christopher Hill (0000-0003-2436-1006, British University in Dubai), Zoe Hu (National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan), Lily Lin (National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 338-351 |
| Publication date | 2022-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Higher Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03075079.2020.1744126 |
| OpenAlex | W3012119065 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 30 |
Due to global influence and local demand, Taiwan's higher education system has experienced great changes in policy agenda and system reform over the past few decades. After President Tsai took the presidential office in 2016, the Ministry of Education (MOE) shifted its focus towards universities’ autonomy and social responsibility, which encouraged institutions to strengthen their partnerships and collaborations with other ASEAN countries. Based on this new ideological and political paradigm shift, three key national higher education projects, including the new cycle of self-accreditation policy, higher education sprout project, and new southbound policy, were implemented. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to present the current development of these three MOE initiatives since 2016, and analyze the paradigm shift of Taiwan higher education policymaking in terms of egalitarianism. Four major findings are addressed as follows. First, policy and politics mattered in the process of educational policy shift under a doctrine of egalitarianism; second, national accreditation continued to be used by university leaders for institutional effectiveness; third, global competitiveness in Taiwan higher education is declining gradually; fourth, the loss of Chinese students was not offset by the new Southbound program
Accreditation · Bologna Process · Economic growth · Economics · Education policy · Egalitarianism · Excellence · Higher education · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities · Higher Education Governance and Development · Higher Education Learning Practices · Law · Public Administration
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| Unique citing works | 15 |
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| Citations per year | 2,5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |