low birthrate

Taiwan's Higher Education Threatened by Low Birthrate, 'China Factor'

2018/10/03 • Taiwan Insight

An Oxford Economics report estimates that Taiwan will have the world's largest talent deficit by 2021.

Taiwan Public Universities Merging and Students Protesting Due To Confidential Signing of Memorandum

2016/01/04 • Yang

To deal with declining birthrate, seven public universities will merge and recruit together in the new semester. Yang-Ming University and Chiao Tung University are merging based on their respective professions in the biomedicine and IT fields, yet the under-the-table signing of the memorandum has led to students protesting.

Ministry of Education to Dissolve or Integrate 160 Universities in Taiwan

2015/11/02 • Shih Yuan

Liu Qing-xu, secretary-general of The National Federation of Teachers Unions (NFTU), says funds invested by both the government and industries are far less than other countries. To improve the quality of universities, Taiwan needs to redefine the meaning of high-level education rather than just calculate the trivial costs of running a school or simply reduce number of schools.