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| Monday, November 5, 2007 |
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November 8, 2007 | Daily Yomiuri (Japan)
“Temple University, Japan Campus (TUJ), has been open in Tokyo for 25 years, following the same curriculum and conferring the same degrees and diplomas as the main campus of the Pennsylvania state university. So far, more than 30,000 students have studied at TUJ, and currently about 3,000 students are taking its programs, including continuing and corporate education. The major factor behind TUJ's staying power in Japan is "the strong commitment of the main campus," said TUJ's ninth dean, Kirk Patterson, 54, during a recent interview with The Daily Yomiuri. "If you look at some reforms now going on in Japanese higher education, they're sort of moving toward what TUJ already is--more open, more innovative, bringing more foreign students, being more businesslike in how they are managed...et cetera," he said. |
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November 2, 2007 | Taipai Times
Internationalization of education will help students gain a wider view to compete in the emerging globalized market, said Temple University President Ann Weaver Hart yesterday as she signed an education partnership program with six top ranking universities in Taiwan. Under the "3+2 dual bachelor's-master's program," undergraduate students from National Taiwan Normal University, National Sun Yat-sen University, Tunghai University, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan Science and Technology University and National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) can obtain a two-year graduate degree at Temple University after finishing three years of undergraduate studies in Taiwan. Their degrees will be recognized both by Temple University and by their Taiwanese university. This was the first time that a single foreign university has formed an educational alliance with six Taiwanese universities simultaneously. |
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November 2, 2007 | China Post
According to Temple University, the dual degree program will allow students to shift their studies to other areas after entering graduate schools, which will further reduce the amount of time a student needs to earn degrees at both institutions. Furthermore, Temple will also offer English classes to help Taiwanese students adapt to studying at the university, as well as provide scholarships in order to attract Taiwanese university students. "We encourage our students to study abroad," said Michael Lai, president of NCKU, who added that the new agreement would work both ways to prevent fierce competition among local universities to attract the already dwindling number of university students nationwide. |
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November 1, 2007 | People's Court Daily (in Chinese)
November 1, 2007 | National Taiwan Normal University
Students from six local universities will have a chance to finish their undergraduate and graduate education within five years, as these universities signed a contract with Temple University at National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) this morning. |
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October 31, 2007 | Radio Taiwan
“Temple University of Pennsylvania, USA, is set to sign academic cooperation pacts with six universities in Taiwan, according to a Taiwanese diplomatic source on Tuesday. Temple University President Ann Weaver Hart is scheduled to arrive in Taiwan on Wednesday for a three-day visit. She will sign agreements with six Taiwanese universities on Thursday on dual degree programs. Vice President Annette Lu and Education Minister Tu Cheng-sheng will also attend the signing ceremony. Under the agreements, students from the six Taiwanese universities will be able to attend Temple University after they finish three years of their undergraduate education. They will also be able to study at Temple University's graduate schools and have opportunities to obtain master's degrees in two years.” |
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| October 29, 2007 | State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs in Beijing (in Chinese) |
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