In order to strengthen the quality of students' dissertations, the Ministry of Education announced 8 quality assurance mechanisms as follows, and on August 19, 109, Taiwan Education Gaotongzi No. 1090112935 requested the cooperation of universities (documents are attached).
The research and teaching team of our school has sent a letter to each college and department on September 3, 109, please promote to teachers and students and abide by the relevant standards of academic ethics (the relevant standards of academic ethics of our school can be downloaded from the postgraduate academic affairs group website).
Supplementary note:
1. The Ministry of Education (October 109) investigates the number and proportion of public and non-public postgraduate thesis of each school in the 108 academic year. Each department is requested to fill in the details and investigate the data of the previous school year in the future.
2. The attached "Number and Proportion of Undisclosed Graduate Thesis of Each Department in the 105-107 Academic Year" is the information compiled by the research and teaching team provided by the school library in May this year, and provides reference for each department.
3. Starting from the 109 school year, the school will cooperate with the main points of the National Library's dissertation collection work and cancel postgraduate applications for postponing the publication of "submission" (the new application form is attached). All departments must promote and cooperate with students.
8 degree quality assurance mechanisms of the Ministry of Education:
8-1. From the 110th academic year, the review of the addition or adjustment of the department will be included in the degree quality assurance mechanism.
8-2. Departments that fail to properly handle academic self-discipline will reduce their enrollment quotas.
8-3. The rate of undisclosed or delayed publication of the dissertations of each department.
8-4. Disclosure of the principle and number ratio of the selection of oral examination committee members based on special conditions.
8-5. Instructing professors and their departments should be held accountable for students who violate academic ethics.
8-6. The Ministry of Education plans to develop and jointly purchase a periodical paper comparison system for schools to use.
8-7. Implement students' academic ethics education.
8-8. The Ministry of Education will proactively investigate and punish online essay writing vendors and individual writing agents in accordance with the law.
(The third and fourth items will be investigated by the Ministry of Education in October 109, and the target is the graduate students who graduated in the 108 academic year)