FUTURES AT RISK: The Ministry of Education this year began sharing data on retention rates, which union officials said would help people choose where to study
Taipei Times
Date: Dec 30, 2018
By: Rachel Lin, Weng Yu-huang and William Hetherington / Staff reporters, with staff writer
Enrollment at nine of the nation’s higher-education institutes this year was less than
The entrance of the Fortune Institute of Technology in Kaohsiung’s Daliao District is pictured on Oct. 25, 2013. Photo: Fang Chih-hsien, Taipei Times
60 percent of regular enrollment, which might force closures, the Ministry of Education said on Friday.
The low enrollment rates are likely due to a declining birthrate that is beginning to affect the age group now attending universities, the ministry said.
The nine institutes were: Christ’s College Taipei (46.81 percent enrollment), Fortune Institute of Technology (47.46 percent), Kao Yuan University (47.48 percent), Ming Dao University (51.61 percent), Chungyu University of Film and Arts (51.89 percent), Chung Chou University of Science and Technology (53.42 percent), Hsuan Chuang University (54.58 percent), Huafan University (56.18 percent) and Nan Jeon University of Science and Technology (56.41 percent).
Three of those — Huafan, Nan Jeon and Fortune — also had an enrollment rate of below 60 percent last year, the ministry said, adding that they have fewer than 3,000 students each. [FULL STORY]