Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/07/03
By: Wu Hsin-yun, Yu Hsiao-han and Ko Lin
Taipei, July 3 (CNA) The 33rd Convocation of Academicians of Academia Sinica adopted a
Image taken from Academia Sinica’s website
resolution Tuesday in favor of university autonomy in Taiwan, while calling on the Ministry of Education (MOE) to respect national university president selection results.
The convocation approved the proposal presented by the Humanities and Social Sciences Division with a vote of 80-44. It came in the wake of the controversial election of Kuan Chung-ming (管中閔) as National Taiwan University (NTU) president.
Kuan was elected as president of NTU Jan. 5 and was expected to take office Feb. 1. After he was elected, however, the Ministry of Education put off its approval as a string of allegations arose against Kuan, including plagiarism, conflict of interest and a flawed selection process.
The MOE finally decided April 27 not to approve his election, leaving the ministry and the university at a stalemate on the issue. [FULL STORY]
