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The advent of globalization has ushered in the era of internationalization. Much debate on such processes has occurred in academe both in the East and the West. Taiwan has kept pace with these developments by ensuring that measures and changes in both structure and policy are being implemented at all levels. This research attempts to discuss the factors behind the internationalization of Taiwan’s higher education. Discussions on global views, local contextual perspectives and concepts on internationalization, and strategies and rationales behind Taiwan’s internationalization are included. Interviews were conducted with local internationalization officers, internationalization scholars and experts, and international students in Taiwan. Results were then analyzed together with the changing trends and issues on the importance of internationalization, which led to the quest for a set of performance indicators. An analysis of previous assessment practices and mechanisms from both foreign and local sources was completed, which culminated in the proposal of a set of performance indicators to measure internationalization in Taiwan’s higher education institutions. An actual assessment of Taiwan’s HEIs internationalization using the proposed indicators was then accomplished. Findings shall serve as a point of reference for contemporary visions of the internationalization of an East Asian higher education exemplar in the age of globalization. |
