Summary: | 碩士 === 國立花蓮師範學院 === 國民教育研究所 === 93 === The study of this paper is about the Ministry of Education’s (MOE) policy of holistic development subsidy to private colleges and universities of technology. The research method used was questionnaire investigation to sixty-nine private colleges and universities of technology inquiring their perspective and suggestions toward the policy. With anticipation, the study result would contribute to the future policy modification and make the subsidy most effectively utilized. Furthermore, it is hoped that the quality of technical education would be upgraded too. The valid one hundred and forty-five questionnaires(valid response rate 50.7﹪) were analyzed into following conclusions:
A.Major rules of the subsidy policy
1.Over 66% respondents agreed upon 19 out of 20 items of new or amended rules which covered the allocation standards of the subsidy, the principles of improving the faculty’s quality, the principles of applying the subsidy, and other important key-points.
2.There were as high as 93.1% respondents agreed upon the rules that at least 20% of expenses should be used for faculty’s research, learning, promotion, rewards for publication, and teaching improvement. Also, there were 91.7% respondents supported that 5% could be used to upgrade school administrators in the fields of practices improvement and continuous learning.
3.The lowest level of agreement came from the new rules which assigned double weight to those faculties who were promoted based on their technology report.
4.The open questions exhibited as many as 20 respondents suggested the need of abolishment or amendment of the new rules that included the ratio of graduated to failed students.
B. The opinions and suggestions regarding the implementation and operation of the policy
1. Many agreed that it is necessary to increase the involvement of private colleges and universities of technology into the amendment of subsidy policy. There were 98.6% respondents agreed with the attending of the before-hand meetings, while 97.7% agreed with attending of the afterward meetings.
2. There were 33.4% respondents agreed upon replacing the subsidy budgets with the rewarding practices based on approved plans or performance.
3. There were 48.6% respondents believed that the field-trip evaluation of the subsidy was fair.
4. There were 61.6% respondents considered the paper work of the subsidy application appropriate.
5. There were 62.2% respondents accepted the results of the evaluation of 2004 application plans.
C. The recent years of performance, future needs and the internal and external factors influencing the implementation of the subsidy
1. Two major external factors influencing the implementation of the subsidy were the stability of the subsidy policy, and the rules which standardized the spending of the subsidy.
2. Three major internal factors influencing the implementation of the subsidy were the clarity of the subsidy allocation schemes, the support of other departments, and the familiarity of the administrators with the policy contents and rules.
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