NQU and NCKU are Designated as Pilot Universities for Proposed Self-Governing Universities
教部推大學自主治理金大成大先行
    National  Quemoy  University  (NQU)  and  National  Cheng  Kung  University  (NCKU)  were  designated  by  the  Ministry  of  Education  as  pilot  universities  to  operate  autonomously  (1),  setting  a  trend  for  colleges  and  universities  in  the  nation.    The  trial  operation  is  expected  to  start  next  year.    Director  of  the  Department  of  Higher  Education  He,  Zhuo-fei  (何卓飛),  along  with  his  group  visited  NQU  and  gave  a  presentation  about  the  self-governing  project.    He  said  that  the  purpose  for  promoting  this  within  the  universities  is  to  strengthen  the  competitive  ability  by  granting  more  right  and  autonomy  to  the  universities.  
   教育部選定金門大學、成功大學兩校作為全國國立大學實施自主治理方案的試辦大學,預定明年起試辦,教育部高教司長何卓飛3日率團來金向金大師生說明,他表示,教育部推動這項方案,目的要讓大學有更大權限、更大的自主性,提升大學的競爭力。
    The  Director  He  pointed  out  that  the  announcement  of  "Educational  Report  of  the  Republic  of  China"  by  the  Ministry  of  Education  in  March  has  confirmed  a  future  blueprint  on  educational  development  in  the  next  ten  years.    University  self-governing  is  listed  among  the  key  issues  of  higher  education  revolution  and  is  scheduled  to  begin  its  trail  operation  next  year.    He  pointed  out  that  the  expected  benefits  of  promoting  self-governing  in  universities  included:  heightening  academic  competitiveness,  emphasizing  performance-oriented  practices,  promoting  professional  management,  encouraging  outsourcing  adoption,  and  engaging.    He  emphasized  that  the  ultimate  goal  of  this  new  policy  is  to  grant  the  university  with  more  rights,  more  freedom,  more  autonomy,  and  hence  more  competitive  capability.
   教育部高教司長何卓飛指出,教育部3月推出「中華民國教育報告書」,擘劃了未來黃金10年的教育發展,其中高等教育改革政策的重點之一就是推動大學自主治理,預定明年起試辦。他指出,推動大學自主治理的預期效益,包括提升學術競爭力、強化績效責任、促進專業管理、鼓勵外部資源及參與等。何卓飛強調,這項新政策的最終目的,就是要讓大學有更大的權限,有更大的鬆綁、更大的自主性、更大的競爭力。
    The  period  of  this  self-governing  trial  operation  plan,  according  to  the  Ministry  of  Education,  is  set  for  four  years.    A  "University  Self-Governing  Committee",  which  functions  like  the  private  school  board,  will  be  organized  in  the  pilot  universities.    Besides  determining  how  the  President  should  be  assigned,  the  committee  also  has  power  to  follow  major  issues  including:  the  tuition  adjustment  policy,  student  number  control,  the  establishment  of  new  departments  in  the  university,  and  the  determination  of  a  budget.    All  these  will  reinforce  the  autonomy  of  universities.
   根據教育部的自主治理試辦方案,這項政策試辦期為四年,試辦學校將成立類似私校董事會的「大學自主治理委員會」,可決策校長的產生、學雜費調整、招生名額、學院系所的增設、預算的議決等重大事項,落實大學自主。
    【註解】
    ●1.  autonomously-(adv)自治地;獨立自主地。
本文摘譯、改寫自《金門日報》2011年5月4日報導        

 
    


