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TKU RANKS 463RD AMONG WORLD UNIVERSITIES

According to the results of evaluation of world university announced in July by internationally renowned quantifying research institute, Webometrics, TKU takes the 463rd place among 4000 universities, 31st in Asia, 7th in Taiwan and 1st of private universities(see Graph ), an achievement far beyond many famous national universities. Webometrics Ranking highly recognizes TKU’s achievements in globalization, information-oriented and future-oriented education and cyber campus, which establishes a new milestone for the future efforts.

FOUNDER CHANG: SPEED IS THE KEY TO A BETTER QUALITY AND QUANTITY

“Webometrics Ranking of World University helps us to locate ourselves, rethink our values and our future goals,” Founder Clement C. P. Chang commented on the result of ranking.

PRESIDENT FLORA C. I. CHANG: POSITIVE EVALUATION AS REMINDER—SPEEDING UP THE INTEGRATION OF COMPUTERIZATION AND GLOBALIZATION

President Flora C. I. Chang remarks on the latest evaluation of Webometrics that internet visibility and publicity is crucial to locating a university’s position in the global village, as well pointing out the direction for future development. In the future, TKU will dispatch representatives to attend the yearly World Universities Evaluation Conference, held in Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and invite internationally noted experts in cyber technology to give lectures, share and exchange upgraded info of cyber infrastructure.

TKU’S CYBER CAMPUS DEMONSTRATES HER CHARMS IN WORLD UNIVERSITIES RANKING: WEBOMETRICS

The Internet-oriented transformation of learning and teaching methods has globalized the extend of university competition. With reference to TKU’s high recognition in “World Universities Ranking” by Webometrics, Dr. Hsin-yih Shyu, Director of Learning and Teaching Center, remarks that “unlike the academic-oriented evaluations by World Universities Ranking (Shanghai Jiao Tong University) or by US News & World Report, the Webometrics evaluation provides a new, creative perspective in renewing criteria.”

INFORMATION-ORIENTED EDUCATION IN TKU HAS RECEIVED GREAT APPLAUSE—BY MING-DAR HUANG, DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION PROCESSING CENTER

Tamkang University has won the Golden Web Award given by the Ministry of Education in 2000. In 2001, TKU were honored as the best university in Taiwan in the “Survey of Digital Environment in University and Colleges” conducted by Digital Weekly. This year, Tamkang has ranked the 463rd in the world in the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities, as the seventh best universities in Taiwan and first in private colleges, once again proved the school’s joint effort made by all the faculties and students. The credit should mostly be given to Clement C.P.Chang, the founder of TKU, for his idea to implement information-oriented education, and credit should also be given to the presidents of the TKU for their support in carrying out Founder Chang’s idea.

TWO E-LEARNING EXECUTIVE MASTER’S PROGRAMS TAKE NATIONAL LEAD IN DIGITAL EDUCATION—BY CHIN-HWA KUO, SECTION CHIEF OF DISTANCE EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT SECTION

Under the leadership of the founder Dr. Clement C. P. Chang and the succeeding presidents in the past fifty years, Tamkang has already become the head of the higher education in the country. "Information-oriented education" has always been one of the policies for the development of the school. Now, Tamkang won the high recognition by "Webometrics Ranking of World University" for her achievement in digitalization of academic and administrative affairs and well-developed internet networks. It ranks the 463rd in the world, and at 1st in Taiwan’s private schools. This shows the great achievements of our “information-oriented education” that Tamkang has been promoting for years.

HARVEST OF INFORMATION-ORIENTED EDUCATION: RESPONSES FROM STUDENTS AND PARENTS

Chuen-wei Chen, Junior, Department of Educational Technology: Tamkang University has obtained high recognition in various evaluations before this one. I am proud that our school won the remarkable placing of Webometrics’s Ranking of World University. I hope that school officials will integrate the campus resources so that students’ learning will become more efficient.

COOPERATION WITH MISSOURI UNIVERSITY: DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY SETS UP IE LABORATORY

Department of Educational Technology, College of Education College, and IE（Information Experience） Laboratory of Missouri University held a joint research project on web access efficiency. Missouri University dispatched Manager of IE Laboratory, Dr. Gary Westergren, to Taiwan on the eve of the semester beginning, helping TKU establish IE Laboratory, and holding intense training courses for teachers and students.

DR. YUNG-CHI HOU DISCUSSES ACADEMIC RANKING OF WORLD UNIVERSITIES AT SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY

Dr. Yung-Chi Hou, Associate Professor of Graduate Institute of Higher Education, is invited to attend the third yearly “Meeting of the International Rankings Expert Group”at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (October 28-31), and present paper, “A Study of College Rankings in Taiwan.”

NOTED TAIWAN UNIVERSITIES IN WEBOMETRICS RANKING:WORLD, ASIA, TAIWAN