Relationship between ‘employability’ and ‘higher education’ from global ranker and accreditor’s perspectives—does a gap exist between institutional policy making and implementation in taiwan higher education?

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dc.contributor.authorChi Hou, Angela Yung
dc.contributor.authorHill, Christopher
dc.contributor.authorJustiniano, Dewin
dc.contributor.authorYang, Connie
dc.contributor.authorGong, Quan
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-05T09:48:05Z
dc.date.available2025-03-05T09:48:05Z
dc.date.issued2021-05-12
dc.description.abstractDriven by global rankings and national quality assurance (QA) initiatives, Taiwan’s higher education institutions were encouraged to develop stra tegic plans and initiatives, in order to improve graduate student employ ability. The purpose of this study is to explore the polices and strategies adopted by Taiwanese higher education institutions, with a particular focus on ‘employability’, in terms of standards and indicators of QS rank ing and Higher Education Evaluation & Accreditation Council of Taiwan (HEEACT) programme accreditation in 2017. This paper analysed strategic plans and self-assessments reports from 20 Taiwanese universities in order to determine the impact of ranking and QA on employability initiatives and associated implications for institutional policy. The study presents three major findings. First, the emergence of global ranking and national quality assurance systems pressured Taiwanese universities to situate several employability initiatives within their institutional strategic plans. Second, Taiwanese universities applied varying approaches to the inte gration of graduate employability into institutional policies and strategic plans, according to ranking and national accreditation standards. Third, the gap between institutional policy making and actual implementation of employability initiatives exists in the Taiwanese context.
dc.identifier.citationHou, A.Y.C. et al. (2021) “Relationship between ‘employability’ and ‘higher education’ from global ranker and accreditor’s perspectives—does a gap exist between institutional policy making and implementation in taiwan higher education?,” Journal of Education and Work, 34(3), pp. 292–312.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/13639080.2021.1922619
dc.identifier.issn1363-9080, 1469-9435
dc.identifier.urihttps://bspace.buid.ac.ae/handle/1234/2829
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis Group
dc.relation.ispartofseriesJOURNAL OF EDUCATION AND WORK2021, VOL. 34, NO. 3, 292–312
dc.subjectEmployability; globalranking; nationalaccreditation; qualityassurance
dc.titleRelationship between ‘employability’ and ‘higher education’ from global ranker and accreditor’s perspectives—does a gap exist between institutional policy making and implementation in taiwan higher education?
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