According to the announcement from Ministry of Education in Taiwan, 71 universities will receive funds in the Higher Education Sprout Project. Feng Chia University receives the largest amount of funds of all private comprehensive universities in the segment of Improving Quality of the University and Promoting Multiple Development of Higher Education.
Following previous projects including Top University Project, Teaching Excellence Project, and Project for Developing the Model University of Science and Technology, the Higher Education Sprout Project aims not only to improve the teaching quality and promote various development but also to raise the academic status in the global community via advanced research. It is strongly emphasized that students benefit by this project in a practical manner. To be more specific, around 50% of the funds are expected to be spent on teaching and learning.
Minister Pan Wen-chung of Ministry of Education stated that the funds are for universities to cultivate students’ capabilities of cross-domain integration, to activate teaching strategies, to show global competitiveness, and to make the best use of various resources for domestic prosperity. Universities are also highly encouraged to cultivate specific characteristics to meet the marketization of higher education.