Internationalization of higher education in Taiwan

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Internationalization of higher education has caused significant changes to the Taiwanese higher education system, from the specific talents that it cultivates to the core concept of higher education. To some, internationalization is a means to attain global recognition and to enhance national competitiveness in East Asia (Lo and Hou 2020; Chan and Lo 2008; Shin and Harman 2009; Mok and Yu 2013). States have engaged in a series of construction projects designed to enhance the international competitiveness of their higher education sectors. This happened in Taiwanese higher education in the early 2000s when national higher education funding projects were launched with a ‘heavy emphasis on internationalisation’ (Song and Tai 2007: 324). Governmental funding policies aimed at building internationalization soon followed, demonstrating Taiwan’s enthusiasm to take a larger, more active role in an interconnected world....

Authors: Lin, JC-Y

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Host title: Changing Higher Education in East Asia
• Pages: 147-164
• Chapter number: 8
• Series: Bloomsbury Higher Education Research
• Place of publication: London
• Publication date: 2022-01-21
• Edition: 1
• DOI: 10.5040/9781350216273.ch-008
• EISBN: 9781350216273
• ISBN: 9781350216242
• Language: English