Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/12/14
By: Cheng Chih-chung and Kuan-lin Liu

Taipei, Dec. 14 (CNA) The first students cohorts at Minerva Schools, a revolutionary college startup that conducts courses via online seminars and has no set classrooms, are looking to visit Taipei in the final semester of their four-year programs, which have taken them to six countries so far.

Image taken from the official website of Minerva Schools at KGI

Speaking at an education awards ceremony, Stanley C. Yen (嚴長壽), chairman of the Alliance Cultural Foundation, said the plan was a major development that could serve as an inspiration for Taiwan’s education system.

However, there are some bureaucratic issues, such as visas, that must be resolved before the 100 students from 40 different countries can come to Taiwan under the Minerva Schools program, Yen said, urging the government to assist.   [FULL  STORY]