BOTH AT FAULT: NTU was admonished for electing Kuan, who was deemed to have worked illegally, while the ministry’s regulations and oversight were found lacking
Taipei Times
Date: Aug 17, 2018
By: Ann Maxon / Staff reporter
The Control Yuan yesterday issued corrective measures against the
Ministry of Education and National Taiwan University (NTU), saying both were responsible for a number of procedural and regulatory flaws that led to the controversy surrounding the university’s presidential election.
NTU Department of Finance chair professor Kuan Chung-ming (管中閔) was on Jan. 5 elected as NTU president and was scheduled to take office on Feb. 1, but a series of allegations of having taken illegal part-time jobs, plagiarism and a conflict of interest delayed the ministry’s approval process and in April, it said it would not approve his election.
The university has refused to hold another election and instead filed for an administrative appeal requesting his appointment on the grounds that academic freedom and university autonomy cannot be compromised.
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