The research focuses on two main aspects regarding to educational policy, including “recruitment of international students” and “promotion of international competence at higher education level.” The research purposes include: 1. to examine the direction of internationalizing higher education in Taiwan; 2. to analyze the contents and issues in the implementation of above two aspects among main educational policies; 3.to propose corresponding strategies to the issues.
The research concludes with the following conclusions: 1. the expected goal of recruiting international students is achieved, but cannot confirm the reality of performance; 2. Taiwanese higher education institutions don’t respond to international students’ various needs; 3. the related research projects on promoting international competence at higher education level do raise international visibility, but the performance as a whole needed to be further assessed; 4. higher education institution’s international ranking is improved, but it does not necessarily improve the quality of learning and teaching at local institutions.
