A Study on the Policy of the Quality Assurance for Taiwan Higher Education

• Main Authors: Yuan-Wei Tasi, 蔡元緯
• Other Authors: Fwu-Yuan Weng
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2007
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/81321713697426799260

碩士 === 國立暨南國際大學 === 教育政策與行政學系 === 95 === This study is analyzing development and the current situations of the policy of the quality assurance for Taiwan higher education, as well as to do the in-depth discussion of the policy of the quality assurance for Taiwan higher education. The main purposes of this study are shown as follows: 1.To research into the background of the movement of the quality assurance for Taiwan higher education.;2.To discuss the theoretical base of the quality assurance for higher education.;3.To research into the policy / mechanism of the quality assurance for higher education in main countries around the world.;4.To understand the development of the policy of the quality assurance for Taiwan higher education.;5.To research into the present executive situation of the policy of the quality assurance for Taiwan higher education. 6. To research into the issues related to the policy of the quality assurance for Taiwan higher education;7. To make suggestions for the improvement on the policy of the quality assurance for Taiwan higher education according to the result of the study. The study, firstly, utilizes the literature analysis as the main method. The literature analysis is mainly discussing the background and the theoretical base of the movement of the quality assurance for higher education. Secondly, it discusses the policies of the quality assurance for higher education in main countries around the world. At last, it makes a comprehensive discussion about the development, present situations and the related issues of the policy of the quality assurance for Taiwan higher education. As a result of the literature analysis, the study comes to the conclusion as following: 1.There are three background reasons for the movement of the quality assurance for higher education. The first one is the expansionary amount of higher education and the curtailment of the budget. The second one is that the government, academic oligarch and the market are in a seesaw struggle. The last one is the rise of globalization. 2. The theoretical base in the quality assurance for higher education has three parts. They are Human Capital Theory, Total Quality Management, and New Public Management. 3. The responsibility of achievements and self-evaluation are both emphasized in the policies of the quality assurance in the main countries around the world. 4. The development of the policy of the quality assurance for Taiwan higher education is divided into three periods which are the period of budding in higher education, the period of growth and development in higher education, and the period of diversity in higher education. 5.The current policies of the higher education quality assurance in Taiwan are the policy of university evaluation, the policy of university resources integration ,and the policy of excellence and advance in the higher education. According to the conclusions mentioned above, the following suggestions are provided to the authorities of educational administration in Taiwan, universities, Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Council of Taiwan, and the following researchers. 1. Suggestions to the authorities of educational administration in Taiwan: (1) To promote each university to establish the mechanism of self-evaluation. (2) To equally put emphasis on study and teaching of the quality assurance by Higher Education Evaluation & Accreditation Council of Taiwan (HEEACT) (3) To design a proper mechanism of university exit. (4) To establish a multinational organization of the quality assurance for higher education. 2.Suggestions to the university: (1) To establish the mechanism of self-evaluation aggressively (2) To emphasize on both the spirit of autonomy and responsibility of achievements in the university. (3) The resource managements between universities should be done to promote the quality of education. 3.Suggestions to the Higher Education Evaluation & Accreditation Council of Taiwan (1) To help universities to build concepts and mechanism of self-evaluation (2) To spread the notions of the university evaluation to the public. (3) To establish the excellent ethical notions of evaluation. (4) To deeply comprehend the evaluated department during evaluation (5) To design a proper and necessary measure of evaluation 4. Suggestions to following researchers: (1) As for the aspects of the research method, the following reserchers are advised to use the in-depth interviews and questionnairs to aim at various aspects and issues of the Quality Assurance for Taiwan Higher Education, and then attain a more clear analysis of the Quality Assurance for Taiwan Higher Education. (2) As for the aspects of the research scope, the following researchers are advised to continue to make tracing of the Quality Assurance for Taiwan Higher Education and to discuss the correlation subject. It will make the mechanism of the Quality Assurance for Taiwan Higher Education reach the consummation.