台灣留學生出席國際會議補助

2009年7月14日 星期二

Social Justice, Stratification, and College Access: Examining Higher Education Expansion in Taiwan

楊正誠(加州大學洛杉磯分校教育學系博士班)

 

http://www.tc.edu/cies2009/

 

台灣過去數十年在社會變遷、民主化、與經濟發展的助力下,得以逐步進行高等教育擴張。高等教育擴張的動力除了經濟發展與人才培育的因素外,社會、家長與學生對於高等教育入學機會的需求,以及學界對於教育機會均等的亟呼功不可沒。近年來台灣高等教育的若干改革,例如:五年五百億計畫、高等教育的整併與評鑑,有逐漸朝向高等教育功能分化與階層化的傾向。在此背景下,研究者認為有必要檢視台灣高等教育擴張與分化脈絡下的教育機會均等性。本研究包含四部分,首先分析台灣高等教育擴展與分化下的系統與制度公平問題。其次,以社會再製理論、不平等最大維持論、不平等有效維持論、學生成功模式作為理論架構。第三,以UCLA高等教育系Astin教授的I-E-O模式作為分析架構,以台灣高等教育資料庫作為分析樣本,逐步邏輯回歸作為統計分析方法,檢視進入國立大學與五年五百億大學的影響因素。最後,研究者提出相關教育政策與未來研究建議。

 

The transformations of democracy and economic development in Taiwan in the last decades help higher education reforms and expansions in Taiwan. The driving forces of higher education expansion not only include economic development and the needs of human capital but also reflect the needs of higher education access from society, parents, and students. The educational opportunity equality is the core concern of academia and central government in Taiwan. However, higher education reforms in the last few years, such as world class university plan, higher education merge, and assessment and evaluation gradually facilitate the formation of higher education differentiation and stratification in Taiwan. It's necessary to re-examine college access equity in the context of higher education expansion and differentiation in Taiwan. First of all, this study raised some equity problems of current higher education system in Taiwan. Second, social reproduction theory, MMI, EMI, and student success model will be the theoretical framework of this study. Third, the I-E-O model developed by UCLA professor A. Astin will be analytical framework. This study uses Taiwan Higher Education Dataset as sample, stepwise logistic regression as statistical method to explore factors that influence the possibilities of public universities and world class plan universities in Taiwan. In the last part of this study, education policy implications and future research directions are raised.