Higher education reform and development in Taiwan in the view of financial crisis
The social and economic system,especially the higher education has been affected more severely and directly by the global financial crisis of 2008 in Taiwan compared with the past.It further exposes the potential conflicts and problems of the Taiwan's higher education.With consideration of this,the Taiwan administration,education authorities,colleges and universities have launched a comprehensive emergent mechanism as well as a long-term mechanism for a new round of higher education reform and development,in order to convert the crisis into opportunity,and ensure that the higher education in Taiwan develops in a healthy and steady way.