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> ==>發信人: maskzero@Evergreen (武心), 信區: Education
>    寫得很客觀   但是能夠聽得進去的   應該不多.....
>    其實跟國內的反對意見差不多   不過   錢嘛    談到都傷感情

不曉得那一段是反對意見 ? 可否幫忙指出, 翻譯一下 ?

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> > 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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