AUTONOMY: The Ministry of Education’s refusal to approve Kuan Chung-ming’s election has affected talent recruitment and academic exchanges, it said
Taipei Times
Date: Apr 13, 2018
By: Ann Maxon / Staff reporter
National Taiwan University’s (NTU) Action Alliance for University Autonomy yesterday
Members of National Taiwan University’s Action Alliance for University Autonomy yesterday hold up a banner reading “Safeguard university autonomy, the government should keep its dirty hands off” during a protest in Taipei. Photo: Hsieh Chun-lin, Taipei Times
accused the minister of education and a ministry employee of malfeasance in connection with the stalled confirmation of university president-elect Kuan Chung-ming (管中閔).
The alliance filed a lawsuit against Minister of Education Pan Wen-chung (潘文忠) and Department of Personnel Director Chen Kun-yuan (陳焜元), while about a dozen professors and students from the university, along with some alumni protested outside the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office.
The protesters held banners that read “Safeguard university autonomy” and “How much longer must NTU take the insults?”
Chou Chung-hsi (周崇熙), a School of Veterinary Medicine professor and one of the alliance’s founders, said the university has been without a formal president since Yang Pan-chyr (楊泮池) stepped down in June last year. [FULL STORY]
