Taiwan's lessons for our industries

THE visit to Taipei 101, the world's highest building, was more than just a touristic event. The tower, that stands at 508m, elegantly pierces through the skyline of the Taiwanese metropolis. Still, the science and technology adviser to the office of the President remarked that much more stil...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Abd Razak, Dzulkifli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2005
Subjects:
Online Access:http://eprints.usm.my/33621/
http://eprints.usm.my/33621/1/DZUL387.pdf
_version_ 1848877124138565632
author Abd Razak, Dzulkifli
author_facet Abd Razak, Dzulkifli
author_sort Abd Razak, Dzulkifli
building USM Institutional Repository
collection Online Access
description THE visit to Taipei 101, the world's highest building, was more than just a touristic event. The tower, that stands at 508m, elegantly pierces through the skyline of the Taiwanese metropolis. Still, the science and technology adviser to the office of the President remarked that much more still needs to be done. In higher education, too, there are problems. Based on a keynote address delivered by a top Taiwanese human resource industrialist at an International Conference on Technological and Professional Higher Education recently, some of the major problems sound familiar. Among others, student quality is said to be deteriorating, although the qual ity of teachers is perceived to be getting better. There is also the issue of "diploma inflation" where graduates who harbour higher expectations do not yield higher quality.
first_indexed 2025-11-15T17:10:27Z
format Article
id usm-33621
institution Universiti Sains Malaysia
institution_category Local University
language English
last_indexed 2025-11-15T17:10:27Z
publishDate 2005
recordtype eprints
repository_type Digital Repository
spelling usm-336212017-04-26T06:45:36Z http://eprints.usm.my/33621/ Taiwan's lessons for our industries Abd Razak, Dzulkifli L Education (General) THE visit to Taipei 101, the world's highest building, was more than just a touristic event. The tower, that stands at 508m, elegantly pierces through the skyline of the Taiwanese metropolis. Still, the science and technology adviser to the office of the President remarked that much more still needs to be done. In higher education, too, there are problems. Based on a keynote address delivered by a top Taiwanese human resource industrialist at an International Conference on Technological and Professional Higher Education recently, some of the major problems sound familiar. Among others, student quality is said to be deteriorating, although the qual ity of teachers is perceived to be getting better. There is also the issue of "diploma inflation" where graduates who harbour higher expectations do not yield higher quality. 2005-06-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/33621/1/DZUL387.pdf Abd Razak, Dzulkifli (2005) Taiwan's lessons for our industries. New Sunday Times.
spellingShingle L Education (General)
Abd Razak, Dzulkifli
Taiwan's lessons for our industries
title Taiwan's lessons for our industries
title_full Taiwan's lessons for our industries
title_fullStr Taiwan's lessons for our industries
title_full_unstemmed Taiwan's lessons for our industries
title_short Taiwan's lessons for our industries
title_sort taiwan's lessons for our industries
topic L Education (General)
url http://eprints.usm.my/33621/
http://eprints.usm.my/33621/1/DZUL387.pdf