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標  題: 一位華裔美國教授對台灣追求全球百大大學的報導
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另外 葉永烜教授 ㄒㄩㄢˇ 在 科學人 2006,1 受訪所講的
   一些有關 學術卓越 與 教育目標的話
 出自這樣一位 學術卓越的學者口中 還真是 坦率 深刻
  畢竟是 真正有 文化涵養
(誰能找到 電子檔啊 分享一下吧)

---- 一位華裔美國教授對台灣追求全球百大大學的報導
Subject:  Ambitious Effort of Republic of China (Taiwan) to
     Establish "International First Rate Universities" in the 21st Century
From:  "Feng, Da H" <fengd@utdallas.edu>  Tue, 21 Feb 2006 10:34:28 -0600

Ambitious Effort of Republic of China (Taiwan) to Establish
 “International First Rate Universities” in the 21st Century

Da Hsuan Feng
Vice President for Research and Economic Development
The University of Texas at Dallas

http://www.utdallas.edu/research

In the past decade, research universities in Asia Pacific as well as South
Asia regions have undergone significant transformation.  From India to
the eastern shore of the Pacific Rim, some research universities are
moving forward with dizzying speed. This report is a story of a recent
development in the Republic of China (Taiwan).

In October of 2005, the Ministry of Education (MOE) of the Republic of
China (Taiwan) launched an ambitious with a 5-year 50 Billion New
Taiwan Dollars (NTD) program “March Towards First Rate
Universities,” (For simplicity, I shall use an approximate exchange rate
of 1 US dollar to 30 NTD.  This means that MOE will cough-up $1.6
Billion dollars of NEW MONEY for research universities.)

In its announcement, with a interim review after 2 years (around October
of 2007), 12 universities were selected and the allocation of NTD per
year for the next five years are as follows:

National Taiwan University   3 Billion NTD           $100 Million USD
http://www.aca.ntu.edu.tw/ntutop100/

National Cheng Kung U        1.7 Billion NTD         $57 Million USD
National Tsing Hua U           1 Billion NTD            $33.3 Million USD
National Chiao Tung U         0,8 Billion NTD         $27 Million USD
National Central U                0.6 Billion NTD         $20 Million USD
National Sun Yat San U        0.6 Billion NTD         $20 Million USD
National Yang Ming U          0.5 Billion NTD         $17 Million USD
National Chung Hsing U      0.4 Billion NTD         $13.3 Million USD
National Cheng Chi U           0.3 Billion NTD         $10 Million USD
National Taiwan U of ST      0.3 Billion NTD         $10 Million USD
Chang Gunn U                       0.3 Billion NTD         $10 Million USD
Yuan Chi U                            0.3 Billion NTD         $10 Million USD)

Unfortunately, I cannot find from the websites of these universities links
to discuss their strategies in achieving this lofty goal.  While the one
from NTU is very comprehensive, it is stand-alone, and is in Chinese.
However, it is a worthwhile reading because it outlines how NTU intends
to leverage this infusion of funds to transform it in the coming years.

More Details about this program

Understandably, with so much infusion of public funds into these
universities, there is an obvious discussion/debate as to what is the metric
for “first rate,” namely how would you know when you have
“arrived?” One such criterion I heard throughout in Taiwan is to be
 “ranked” as one of the top one hundred research universities in the
world. This of course prompted the discussion/argument of who is to do
the ranking and how one can believe such rankings. There are currently
two highly visible Global rankings:  One is by Shanghai Jiaotong
University and the other is by London Times education section. While
there may be some argument as to which ranking is more preferred, and
there certainly exist some inconsistencies among the two (see the article
in http://www.utdallas.edu/research/fyi/050701/commentary.html),  it
appears that all in Taiwan agreed that MOE will utilize one of the two, or
both, international ranking as the “goal post of excellence.”

I understand that after TWO years, that means in October of 2007, MOE
will review this program.  If the institution survives the review, then
MOE will provide another 3 years of funding.  So, for example, after 5
years, the two universities which receive the highest amount of funding,
NTU and NCKU, will receive 15 Billion NTD (or $500 Million US) and
NCKU will receive 8.5 Billion NTD (or $285 Million US) respectively.

There is no doubt that the leaderships of all twelve universities have
already defined their own 2-year “strategic goals of excellence” and
mobilize the university, faculty, students, its powerful alumni, and the
communities in surrounding their universities to buy into it and set the
colossal motion in that direction.

Beyond FIVE years?

There is of course the interesting question as to what happens after the
FIFTH year?  After all, “excellence development” should/must be
on-going and therefore how to sustain its growth is a profound question.

In many outstanding institutions in the United States, especially the
private ones and now more and more public ones as well, one part of the
formula to accomplish this is by developing significant
“endowments.”  Indeed, there is a growing importance of the
“Office of Development” in universities, even the public ones. For
example, the extreme case is Harvard University, which has an
endowment of over $20 Billion US!  For public universities, there is
more and more a perception (and probably mixed in with quite a bit of
reality) that great universities such as the University of Michigan is more
“private” than “public”.

In Taiwan, the situation is a little murky.  My understanding is that at the
end of the FIFTH year, there will be another big review for both
universities.  If universities survive the 5th year review, they will receive
from MOE another 5 years of funding. This is where there is some
divergence of opinions.  Some said that because Taiwan’s politics has
so much “up and down,” they have difficulty convincing themselves
that MOE will provide/honor the 2nd 5 years of funding.  On the other
hand, some said that MOE will, no matter who is in power in the government.

The common perception about Asian communities is that there is
reluctance from the private sector to provide funds for higher education.
However, while I was in NCKU last week, I saw a number of lecture
halls named after its alumni.  Presumably that the well-to-do alumni are
now giving generously to their alma mater.  I am not sure how prevalent
this is, and how sophisticated the fund raising process is within the
administration of the university, but the fact that it is obviously
happening is a good thing, if not in the short run, for sure in the long run.

There is no question in my mind that Asian universities are undergoing
major changes, and I am quite confident to predict that in a decade or
two, their positions in the Global landscape will be far greater in
significance than they are today.


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