| dc.description.abstract | In order to address the numerous drawbacks stemming from the single university admission system since 1954, Taiwan government began to reform the university admission system in the late 1980s. However, even after the comprehensive implantation of a multiple university admission scheme in 2002, controversies still persisted, including issues related to admission fairness, disadvantage to lower socioeconomic families, and impacts on the integrity of high school education.
In response to initiatives and societal expectations for a comprehensive review of the university admission system from high schools and civil society groups, as well as to align with the planning of the new curriculum framework of the twelve-year national education program, a new multiple university admission scheme was formulated starting from 2012. It was approved by the Joint Committee of University Admission and the Ministry of Education in 2017 and has been implementing since the academic year 111 (2022). This study employed the approach of participatory ladder and deliberative democracy theory, conducting in-depth interviews with the Ministry of Education, the Joint Committee of University Admissions, high schools, teacher associations, parent groups, and student organizations, aiming to examine the mechanisms and processes of formulating and reforming multiple university admission scheme in Taiwan, through which, to explore the citizen participation models and processes, and identify key factors influencing participation.
This study identified three main findings: firstly, the crucial role of high schools and teachers in the citizen participation mechanism for university admission policy-making; secondly, the potential for more comprehensive multiple university admission schemes through deliberative citizen participation; thirdly, the establishment of cooperative partnerships between public and private sectors for developing collaborative-oriented multiple university admission schemes. Based on these findings, this study proposed practical and institutional suggestions for the government and stakeholders, serving as reference for future enhancement of citizen participation mechanisms in university admission policy-making. | en_US |