Myths Regarding Higher Education in Taiwan: The Reality behind the Idea that "the Better Educated You Are, the Higher Your Risk of Unemployment"

In 1995, the Taiwanese government embarked on a policy of expanding the higher education sector. As a result, since 1995 there has been a dramatic increase in the number of university and junior college graduates produced each year. At the same time, however, the unemployment rate among university a...

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Published inEducational Policy Forum Vol. 17; no. 4; p. 1
Main Authors Tu, Ying-Yi, Wu, Hui-Lin
Format Journal Article
LanguageChinese
Published Puli National Chi Nan University, Department of Education Policy and Administration 01.11.2014
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College graduates
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Higher education
Unemployment
Taiwan
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Summary:In 1995, the Taiwanese government embarked on a policy of expanding the higher education sector. As a result, since 1995 there has been a dramatic increase in the number of university and junior college graduates produced each year. At the same time, however, the unemployment rate among university and junior college graduates has risen, raising concerns that the higher education sector is failing to cultivate the types of human talent that industry needs. In order to clarify exactly where the imbalance between high education talent cultivation and the needs of industry lies, and to explore the reasons for the imbalance, the present study analyzed a wide range of statistical data, and undertook in-depth interviews with persons directly involved with the higher education sector. The results obtained in the study helped to shed light on a number of "myths" regarding the relationship between the expansion of the higher education sector and the rise in the graduate unemployment rate. For example, the study found t
ISSN:1560-8298
DOI:10.3966/156082982014111704001