A Hidden Cultural Force: Contextualizing Taiwan's Higher Education Governance

Autor/in	Lin, Warangkana
Titel	A Hidden Cultural Force: Contextualizing Taiwan's Higher Education Governance
Quelle	In: Higher Education Forum, 19 (2022), S.109-129 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2432-9614
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Governance; Educational Policy; Policy Formation; Foreign Countries; Case Studies; Administrator Attitudes; College Faculty; Teacher Attitudes; Government School Relationship; Government Role; Western Civilization; Guidelines; Cultural Influences; Confucianism; Professional Autonomy; Educational Legislation; College Presidents; Deans; Administrative Organization; Educational Finance; Institutional Autonomy; Taiwan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Politics of education; Politische Betätigung; Ausland; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Fakultät; Lehrerverhalten; Richtlinien; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Konfuzianismus; Berufsfreiheit; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; College president; Hochschulpräsident; Dean; Dekan; Bildungsfonds; Institutionelle Autonomie
Abstract	The approaches to governance employed by various societies have become increasingly similar, following a pattern of reforms that move away from the control mode to the supervisory mode. To this end, direct central involvement is being replaced by a model that relies on more sophisticated forms of funding, monitoring, and performance review. This case study research adopts in-depth semi-structured interviews with 31 top- and mid-level administrators and academics at two premier universities and senior members of the ministry and its affiliated organizations. Through the lens of agency theory, it explores stakeholders' perceptions of university-government relations and how the government maintains its support, control and influence through a system of checks and balances. The findings reveal a salient role of the government as a policy driver. In addition, the coalitions of universities, the state, and society have exerted a significant impact on policy development and implementation in Taiwan. Empirically, this study has illustrated how a cultural force hidden in agency theory influences higher education governance in Taiwan. Thus, it sets an implication and further theorizes an application of this widely-used and western-based framework to understand the state-university relationship in East Asia. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Research Institute for Higher Education, Hiroshima University. 1-2-2 Kagamiyama, Higashi-hiroshima, Hiroshima City, Japan 739-8512. Tel: +81-82-424-6240; Fax: +81-82-422-7104; e-mail: k-kokyo@office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp; Web site: https://rihe.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/publications/en/hef_en/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01