Impact of excellence programs on Taiwan higher education in terms of quality assurance and academic excellence, examining the conflicting role of Taiwan’s accrediting agencies |
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Authors: | Angela Yung-chi Hou |
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Institution: | (1) Center for Faculty Development and Instructional Resources, Graduate School of Educational Leadership and Development, Fu Jen Catholic University, 510, Jhongjheng Rd., Sinjhuang Cit, Taipei County, 24205, Taiwan, ROC;(2) Office of Research and Development, Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation of Taiwan, 7F, no 179, Heping E. Road, Sec 1, Taipei, 106, Taiwan, ROC |
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Abstract: | Higher Education Evaluation & Accreditation Council of Taiwan (HEEACT) was established in 2005 and began to accredit 76 four-year
comprehensive universities and colleges in Taiwan in 2006. Commissioned officially with a dual mission, HEEACT has been encouraged
to conduct various ranking research projects, including global and national ones starting in 2007. One of the HEEACT’s most
influential rankings is “Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities.” Given the fact that more and more
national accrediting bodies are developing ranking systems, these dual roles like in the HEEACT case have led to many discussions
and raised severe criticism in the quality assurance community due to their different aims and approaches. Therefore, the
purposes of the paper are to provide an understanding of the functions of varying quality assessment tools in higher education,
to analyze their impact on Taiwan higher education and to examine the conflicting roles of HEEACT while conducting both accreditation
and rankings over the institutions that have been granted the two major national Research and Teaching Excellence Programs. |
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