To be a first-class department in a first-class university: perceived effects of a world-class initiative in two departments in a Taiwanese university

Tang, Chia Wei

doi:10.1080/1360080x.2019.1589661

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“…Similar findings were also reported by Sandy and Shen (2019), who found that the capability for HEIs in Indonesia needs to be supported by research capability, although the research facilities and academic cultures are not yet ready yet. Other studies have emphasised internationalisation capabilities as the main issue in increasing the global ranking such as, while others have emphasised HEIs’ ability to translate and execute abundant support and resources from the government such as was the case of China (Huang, 2015; Dong et al , 2020), Taiwan (Lo and Hou, 2019; Tang, 2019), Hong Kong (Li, 2016) and Singapore (Soh, 2015).…”

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Market orientation and capacity for change in higher education performance in Indonesia

Sukoco

Choirunnisa

Mudzakkir

et al. 2021

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Purpose Changes are inevitable and organisations should develop their organisational capacity for change (OCC) to survive. This paper aims to test the effect of market orientation on OCC (learning, process and context), as well as the impact of OCC on organisational performance. Design/methodology/approach This research used a survey of 314 heads of study programmes in Indonesia’s highest-ranked universities to test the proposed hypotheses. Findings The results of this research demonstrate that OCC is determined by customer orientation and cross-functional coordination (market orientation), while competitor orientation influences the learning dimension of OCC. Moreover, only the context dimension of OCC positively influences organisational performance in addition to serving as a mediator between market orientation (customer orientation and cross-functional coordination) and organisational performance, whereas competitor orientation positively influences organisational performance. Originality/value This paper empirically tested the three dimensions of OCC (learning, process and context) that had previously been discussed only conceptually. Furthermore, the organisation should be market-oriented to possess the capacity for change. Finally, the paper proposes and demonstrates that organisational context (culture) plays a significant role in OCC in developing organisational performance.

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Market orientation and capacity for change in higher education performance in Indonesia

Sukoco

Choirunnisa

Mudzakkir

et al. 2021

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“…In addition, the Taiwanese government announced the Development Plan for World-class Universities and Research Centres of Excellence Initiative in 2005. One of the major targets of this ambitious project was to help get at least one university in Taiwan ranked in the top 100 universities worldwide and become one of the top 10 world-class research centers or academic fields (Lawson, 2007; Tang, 2019). An additional critical objective of this scheme was to increase the number of inbound international students.…”

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“…This spearheaded recognition of the importance of international students as human capital and talent for the purposes of economic utility in achieving national interests. This also generated a discourse where WCUs were encouraged to invite more inbound international students (Tang, 2019). For leading universities, international students were seen as serving several key purposes.…”

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World class universities and international student mobility: Repositioning strategies in the Asian Tigers

Oleksiyenko

Chan

Kim

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Research in Comparative and International Education

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A major cluster of economic engines that have changed Asian higher education, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan have all developed high-income societies as well as world-class universities which linked local “knowledge economies” to global science and created hubs for international collaborations and mobility. However, there has been limited analysis of interdependencies between the rise of world-class universities and changes in the flows of international talent. This paper elaborates on the concept of higher education internationalization that aims at enhancing geopolitical equity in global mobility and re-positioning local students for improved access to the world-class excellence. The paper compares key themes and patterns that define the Tiger societies’ unique positions in the field of global higher education.

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“…Hou et al, (2018) The implementation of self-accreditation policy in Taiwan higher education and its challenges to university internal quality assurance capacity building 6. Tang (2019a) To be a first-class department in a first-class university: Perceived effects of a world-class initiative in two departments in a Taiwanese university 7. Tang (2019b) Creating a picture of the world class university in Taiwan: a Foucauldian analysis 8.…”

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“…The former project built the elitism while the new project more to egalitarianism. Studies (Hou et al, 2020;Tang, 2019a) argued that the most recent Taiwan government's policy led to significant findings: The higher education leaders continued to use national accreditation rather than to take the option of a self-accreditation and; Taiwan higher education showed the declining of global competitiveness.…”

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Challenges of Collective Inertia and Scarcity to Technological and Vocational Education Universities

Cassim

Masrul

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The massification of higher education institutions in Taiwan, typically in universities of science and technology, creates competition for resources and currently threatens foreclosures in Taiwan’s higher education system. To answer this challenge amid global competition among universities, the Ministry of Education (MOE) implemented the World-Class Research University Project, creating the initiative for higher education institutions to quickly gain world-class status with the reasonable belief that strong global visibility would attract much needed international resources to supplement local ones. However, the race for global reputation has created highly stressful environments for faculty members to publish research papers in highly regarded international journals. In highlighting fundamental paradoxes of the system and the rationale behind them, this paper attempts to stimulate a much-needed reflection that might pave the way for rational and empirical efforts to transform higher education in Taiwan. This paper also reveals that the emphasis on speed-up achievement has overwhelmed the original academic missions of higher education and placed academics in a scarcity mindset with quantity drowning essence. The primary mechanism for keeping the current system is the collective inertia that limits academics from breaking out of the mould of habitual approaches. This paper discusses all sorts of findings, reported events, theoretical ideas, and inherent contradictions in relation to Taiwan universities in an attempt to frame the essential background on the problems in terms of scarcity mindset and inertial thinking. Finally, the paper provides some suggested solutions. The reflection in this paper may inspire faculty members in higher technological and vocational education programs to lead school administration and industry development with practical and updated knowledge. It is crucial to revitalising faculty members’ educational enthusiasm through building professional autonomy and self-efficacy.

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To be a first-class department in a first-class university: perceived effects of a world-class initiative in two departments in a Taiwanese university

Cited by 10 publications

References 26 publications

Market orientation and capacity for change in higher education performance in Indonesia

Market orientation and capacity for change in higher education performance in Indonesia

World class universities and international student mobility: Repositioning strategies in the Asian Tigers

Challenges of Collective Inertia and Scarcity to Technological and Vocational Education Universities

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