Taipei, Dec. 3 (CNA) The Ministry of Education should be more proactive in preventing plagiarism in university dissertations, the head of an education group said Saturday, one day after Taoyuan's mayor had his master's thesis revoked by National Taiwan University (NTU).
Taipei, Nov. 24 (CNA) Three more private high schools were put on a "watch list" by the Ministry of Education (MOE) after it concluded another round of review of the nation's private schools on Thursday.
Taipei, Oct. 26 (CNA) The Hualien-based Culinary Institute of Taiwan (CIT), which ceased operations last year, has become the country's first university to complete liquidation, the Ministry of Education (MOE) said Wednesday.
Twenty-two public and 29 private universities missed their recruitment target by 14,000 students, despite reporting a record acceptance rate of 98.94 percent, the University Admission Committee said on Friday, underscoring the severity of student shortfalls due to declining birthrates.
The committee, in a report on acceptance rates nationwide, said that 25,297 prospective students took entrance exams this year, 9,272 fewer than last year, as universities sought to recruit 39,350 students, but missed their target by 36.83 percent.
In terms of student majors, foreign-language departments made up more than 62 percent of the departments that were unable to meet their recruitment targets, the
By Rachel Lin, Yang Mien-chieh and Jake Chung / Staff reporters, with staff writerTwenty-two public and 29 private universities missed their recruitment target by 14,000 students, despite reporting a record acceptance rate of 98.94 percent, the University Admission Committee said on Friday, underscoring the severity of student shortfalls due to declining birthrates.