‘RIDICULOUS’: The head of the union slammed a meeting the school organized to discuss severance packages, saying there are still students who have not graduated

Taipei Times
Date: Jun 06, 2018
By: Ann Maxon  /  Staff reporter

Asia-Pacific Institute of Creativity (APIC) teachers and the Taiwan Higher Education Union yesterday urged the Ministry of Education to not shut down the school until its students graduate, following the resignation of its chairman and president in April.

Yi-shen Group gained control of the school’s assets totaling NT$1.6 billion (US$53.66 million at the current exchange rate) through a NT$1.5 million donation in August 2016, APIC teacher Huang Hui-chih (黃惠芝) said.

Soon after the takeover, the school’s new board, headed by Yi-shen Group chairman Huang Ping-chang (黃平璋), began terminating most of its programs, forcing students to transfer or drop out and illegally cutting teachers’ pay, she said.

In less than two years, enrollment has dropped from 3,000 students to 800, she added.
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