Journal of Education and Psychology

Abstract

This study is to investigate the impact of educational reform on higher education and to compare consequently the technology production, and the competitiveness on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. Methodology used was analogous to the Context-Input-Process-Produced (CIPP)-model. Important findings are: In the educational reform, both sides have carried out the policy of decentralization. In higher education, Taiwan has realized the election of academic heads through faculty members, but the Mainland still falls behind. On the contrary, the Mainland is more energetic to let higher education institution to run commercial enterprises. After the revision of the University Law the graduate who earned doctoral degrees overseas have to compete for vacancies in higher education institutions with those who earned at Taiwanese universities. As a result, the number of returnees dropped down in Taiwan, while the Mainland is still energetic in attracting overseas students to return. The Mainland gives more emphasis to science and engineering education than Taiwan. This could threat the competitive edge in technology development of Taiwan.

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