Type of Credit: Elective
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This international program aims to provide postgraduate students who are interested in higher education research, with a sound background and understanding in the global trends in policy making, global research competition, world class university building, and quality assessment. Contemporary theory and practices in higher education development and research as well as globalization impacts on Asia nations will be focus of the international program. Students are encouraged to consider these issues in their own context of practice and the implication. Moreover, students are expected to participate a postgraduate forum with a focus of higher education policy and quality measures in the course. There are three subthemes in the course, including global ranking and world class university, quality assessment and university governance, and academic competitions and research performance |
能力項目說明
There are five learning outcomes and students will be able:
1. To explain the impacts of global rankings and QA in higher education development and policy making
2. To capture the concept of “quality” and “assessment” in global higher education governance and ranking systems
3. To develop teamwork and critical thinking competencies
4. To enhance English presentation and communication skills
5. To equip postgraduate students with research paper writing skills
Research capacity building is identified as a core component of expected learning outcomes in this international initiative. Students engage in the international dialogues with foreign scholars and researchers in order to lift their global competitiveness and cultural awareness. This course will support students to pursue their future careers throughout cross-border academic collaborations with the researchers over all the world.
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The course will be graded based on the following criteria:
1. Class discussions (20%). Contributions in class should reveal a substantial familiarity with assigned readings, a capacity to analyze the issues and problems under group discussion, and an ability to incorporate, synthesize, and constructively criticize the comments of classmates.
2. Group / Individual presentation (30 %).
3. Forum presentation and participation (30%)
1. Kaiser, F., Melo, A. I. & Hou, Angela Yung Chi. (2022). Are quality assurance and rankings useful tools to measure ‘new’ policy issues in higher education? The practices in Europe and Asia. European Journal of Higher Education, 12(1), 1-25.
2. Hou, Angela Yung Chi, Hill, C., Justiniano, D., Yang, C. & Gong, Q. (2021). Relationship between ‘Employability’ and ‘Higher Education’ From Global Ranker and Accreditor’s Perspectives—Does a Gap Exist between Institutional Policy Making and Implementation in Taiwan Higher Education? The Journal of Education and Work. 34(3), 292-312.
3. Lo, W., & Hou, Angela Yung Chi (2020). A farewell to internationalisation? Striking a balance between global ambition and local needs in higher education in Taiwan. High Education, 80, 497–510
4. Hou, Angela Yung Chi（2012）. An Analysis of Positions Mobility in Global Rankings: Making Institutional Strategic Plans and Positioning for Building World Class Universities. Higher Education Research & Development, 31 (6), pp. 841-857
5. Hou, Angela Yung Chi, & Christopher Hill (2021). What Are the Challenges for Building World Class Universities in Taiwan? Assessing Taiwan’s Excellence Initiatives Since 2005. In Hou, Angela Yung Chi, Chiang, Tony Tung-liang, & Chan, Sheng-Ju (pp.83-101)(eds.) Higher Education in Taiwan: Global, Political and Social Challenges and Future Trends, Springer.
6. Halzelkron, E., & Georgiana, M. (2021). Introduction: putting rankings in context - looking back, looking
forward. In Halzelkron, E. and Georgiana, M. (Eds), Research handbook on university rankings-theory,
methodology, influence and impact (pp. 1–18). Cheltenham: the Edward Elgar Publishing
7. Hazelkorn, E. (2019). Rankings and the public good role of higher education. International Higher Education, 99, 7-8. Scott, P. (2013). Ranking higher education institutions: a critical perspective. In Rankings and Accountability in Higher Education Uses and Misuses, edited by P.T.M. Marope, P.J. Wells and E. Hazelkorn, pp. 113-127. Paris, UNESCO.
UNESCO, https://en.unesco.org/ World Bank, https://www.worldbank.org/ Ted Talk, https://www.ted.com/#/ INQAAHE, http://www.inqaahe.org/ ENQA, https://enqa.eu/ CHEA principles, https://www.chea.org/userfiles/CIQG/Principles_Papers_Complete_web.pdf