| Summary: | 碩士 === 淡江大學 === 教育政策與領導研究所碩士班 === 94 === The purposes of this study are: 1. to inquire into the meaning and theories of competitiveness and to query how to apply it to education; 2. to analyze the competitiveness and competitive advantages of private university in U.S.A.; 3. to understand the condition and perplexity of private universities in Taiwan; 4. to establish the methods to promote the competitiveness of private universities in Taiwan; 5. the concrete recommendations are proposed to relevant institutions basing on the results of this study.
According to the indictors of university rankings, the factors that affect the competitiveness of private universities are: financial resource, academic level, teaching quality, and students’ essential and internationalized level. On the basis of these five factors, this research analyzes the competitiveness of private universities in U.S.A. and compares the differences not only between public and private universities in Taiwan, but also between the private universities of Taiwan and U.S.A.
To achieve the purposes above, the main method of this study is interview survey with interviewees including presidents and faculty of private universities, scholars, and official of educational authority. In terms of data from literature review and interview survey, conclusions have been reached as follows:
1.The factors that affect the competitiveness of private universities are quantitative and qualitative.
2.The main competitiveness of private universities in U.S.A. are financial resources and the roles that government plays.
3.The gap of competitiveness between public and private universities in Taiwan is reducing.
4.The multiple financial resources affect the competitiveness of private universities.
5.In order to promote academic level, private universities have to recognize the orientation of school previously.
6.The teaching quality of private universities can be improved by establishing the mechanism of supervision and reward.
7.It’s the training of school to students that affect the students’ essential primarily.
8.building up the features of private universities to upgrade the internationalized level.
9.The roles that authorities have to play are “supervisor” and “guide” in promoting the competitiveness of private universities.
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