| Summary: | 碩士 === 臺北市立大學 === 華語文教學碩士學位學程 === 106 === The Republic of China has been recruiting overseas Chinese students to study in colleges and universities in Taiwan since the early 1950s. In more than 60 years, over 120,000 overseas Chinese students have undergone higher education in Taiwan. Encouraging overseas Chinese students to come to Taiwan for further study has remained a key policy of the government of the Republic of China. Additionally, the reduced domestic student numbers each year due to a low birth rate has caused difficulties for Taiwanese colleges and universities in student recruitment, prompting these institutions to seek students from overseas. Observations made at a teaching site in the Philippines discovered that most local students would choose to pursue further study either in the Philippines or in other English-speaking countries; therefore, this study investigated the challenges faced by the Republic of China in recruiting overseas Chinese students living in the Philippines to study in Taiwan and proposed possible solutions.
The research was conducted in Manila, the Philippines, and the subjects were the students and school personnel of Chinese schools in the city. The research data were primarily collected using a questionnaire survey supplemented by interviews. Before officially conducting the survey, the researcher tested and confirmed the reliability and validity of the questionnaire. The data were analyzed using multiple responses analysis, cross analysis, and one-way analysis of variance. The analysis results were subsequently integrated with the interview responses to identify the policy effect and difficulties associated with recruiting overseas Chinese students living in the Philippines to study in Taiwan.
The results indicated that family factors, economic factors, and language proficiency were the main factors influencing decision to study in Taiwan or other countries. Student’s backgrounds also affected their awareness of the relevant policies in Taiwan. The lack of information and advertisement regarding further education in Taiwan was also identified to be a factor causing unsatisfactory recruitment.
This study obtained the following six conclusions:
(1) factors that impede pursuance of further study in Taiwan;
(2) a vague impression of Taiwan;
(3) unsatisfactory promotion of policies encouraging overseas Chinese students to pursue higher education in Taiwan;
(4) insufficient sources of information on studying in Taiwan;
(5) lack of student recruitment advertisement; and
(6) students’ preference for short-term study programs rather than degree- or diploma-oriented programs.
Finally, several suggestions are proposed to serve as a reference for competent authorities seeking to recruit overseas Chinese students living in the Philippines. The results also indicated a few directions for future research investigating the practical design of policies for encouraging overseas Chinese students living in Southeast Asian to study in Taiwan.
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