QUESTION: A ribbon-tying event by NTU students in support of Kuan Chung-ming might have been organized by a New Party member through Facebook, a netizen said
Taipei Times
Date: Apr 30, 2018
By: Ann Maxon / Staff reporter
The Ministry of Education has not undermined university autonomy and Kuan Chung-
Minister of Education Wu Maw-kuen speaks to reporters in Taipei yesterday. Photo: CNA
ming (管中閔) is not qualified to be National Taiwan University (NTU) president, because he has breached academic principles of integrity, Minister of Education Wu Maw-kuen (吳茂昆) said yesterday.
“We have never interfered with university autonomy,” Wu said in response to reporters’ questions as he arrived at a promotional event for an education exhibition at Huashan 1914 Creative Park (華山文創園區) in Taipei.
The election of a university president is not an actual election, but a selection process in which a school’s election committee tries to find the most suitable person, Wu said.
“A president must meet certain standards, but there is plenty of evidence suggesting that National Taiwan University’s selection process was flawed and that there were breaches of academic integrity,” he said. [FULL STORY]
