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You will be shocked to know how many Taiwanese MPs have PhDs, many of them either got them from the degree mills or awarded by the universities without studies….some of the wellknown politicians got PhDs despite that they never had masters degrees.

It is a common practice for politicians in Taiwan, English Tsai is not alone

For those who did spend time studying their masters or PhDs at universities plagiarism is very common, even the typo mistakes are also the same

cheating is common and not illegal for some

(02-10-2022, 10:37 AM)lvlrsSTI Wrote: [ -> ]For those who did spend time studying their masters or PhDs at universities plagiarism is very common, even the typo mistakes are also the same

aiya even title can be wrong

心术都不正，还敢当官。
不懂易经真糟糕！

不知廉耻，白读圣贤书！

(02-10-2022, 10:56 AM)RiseofAsia Wrote: [ -> ]心术不正都不正，还敢当官。
不懂易经真糟糕。

Many politicians in Taiwan want to have better profiles and some universities are willing to help so that they can establish good connections with these politicians to gain influence.

What, then, lay behind the slew of plagiarism allegations? Given the DPP’s counter-attack on the pan-Blue camp with plagiarism charges, the pan-Blue camp has defended itself by claiming that the DPP is only hoping to divert attention away from the Lin controversy.

At the same time, one notes that plagiarism allegations are nothing new in Taiwanese politics. Most famously, no less than Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen faced charges that her PhD is fake or that her dissertation is plagiarized, charges originally circulated by deep Greens and then later embraced by the KMT. In the same timeframe, plagiarism charges against her vice president, Chen Chien-jen, were circulated by the KMT.

Such charges facing Tsai were conspiratorial, with the London School of Economics where she obtained her PhD later publicly stating that she did, in fact, have a doctorate. Yet what these allegations pointed to is how politicians strongly emphasize their educational credentials as part of presidential campaigning. This can be observed in how election campaigns and banners frequently list the schools where political candidates graduated from, as well as how educational background is featured heavily on the flyers that are sent to prospective voters listing the respective political positions of candidates.

That this is so has led many politicians to seek advanced political degrees, so as to bolster their election credentials, even if to do so they resort to plagiarism. One notes that Lin Chih-chien obtained his master’s degree from National Taiwan University during a period when he was also serving as mayor of Hsinchu, while Chen and other academics of the pan-Green or pan-Blue camp have been accused of granting easy degrees to political allies of proteges. During the Jane Lee controversy, it is worth noting that former KMT Kaohsiung city council speaker Hsu Kun-yuan and former KMT legislator Ho Tsai-feng were on her examining committee. Arguably, the conspiratorial allegations faced by Tsai were projecting an issue that is relatively common in Taiwan onto a foreign institution.

These issues are contributed to by the commodification of Taiwan’s education system, in which the number of educational institutions ballooned rapidly in a short period of time. Taiwan saw an increase in the number of colleges and universities between 1985 and 2005 from 28 to 145. This has made it all the easier for individuals to obtain degrees, contributing to an inflated educational system in which many pursue advanced degrees to bolster their resumes–though for politicians, degrees from elite institutions such as NTU are all the more prized.

Educational credentials are subject to great moral scrutiny, in that politicians face calls to withdraw over plagiarism incidents. But one observes to what extent educational credentials are used as ammunition for political attacks or handed out in order to benefit political allies, pointing to how education is used as currency for politics, rather than taken with genuine seriousness. In fact, what may be new about the recent round of plagiarism scandals is that the public honed in on a long-established political practice in Taiwan with great scrutiny, whereas in the past this would have been seen as a common practice that would go unremarked on.

TW and Germany are similar in this aspect. PhDs are very highly regarded in these countries, so there is a tendency for some people to cheat.

Never happened in other countries? Only in Taiwan?

(02-10-2022, 11:33 AM)starbugs Wrote: [ -> ]TW and Germany are similar in this aspect. PhDs are very highly regarded in these countries, so there is a tendency for some people to cheat.

Unlike Germany there is only one university from Taiwan is ranked in top 200 in the world, education standard is much lower than Spore.

dry old hag cannot forget her ex bf ran of with TW mei mei

(02-10-2022, 11:39 AM)lvlrsSTI Wrote: [ -> ]Unlike Germany there is only one university from Taiwan is ranked in top 200 in the world, education standard is much lower than Spore.

Due to lowing of University entry since late 90s. Many Tw younger population have degree certifications.
Last ten years as high as 90% plus are degree holders. The whole market is already clogged up as 
there is news Sg accepting Twese grads as security guards here.

Thus those politicians are pressure "to arm" themselves with higher qualifications especially if they come from
less known Tw Universities.

You need $$$ even for old people.

(02-10-2022, 10:59 AM)lvlrsSTI Wrote: [ -> ]Many politicians in Taiwan want to have better profiles and some universities are willing to help so that they can establish good connections with these politicians to gain influence.

no wonder the rankings of their universities very low, like our ite

(02-10-2022, 02:17 PM)WhatDoYouThink! Wrote: [ -> ]no wonder the rankings of their universities very low, like our ite

If 90% people have bachelors degrees, the degrees become useless.

(02-10-2022, 01:57 PM)watchfirst9 Wrote: [ -> ]Due to lowing of University entry since late 90s. Many Tw younger population have degree certifications.
Last ten years as high as 90% plus are degree holders. The whole market is already clogged up as 
there is news Sg accepting Twese grads as security guards here.

Thus those politicians are pressure "to arm" themselves with higher qualifications especially if they come from
less known Tw Universities.

I know many lousy institutes all became universities.

ROC has 126 uni…
How many uni do Sg have, Taiwan population only about 24million? How come they need so many uni?

I heard their ITE students get job easier than uni grads.

Not all are bad.

https://streamable.com/lrnodp

ccp trash cannot tahan a free and happy nation that is TW

(02-10-2022, 03:30 PM)theold Wrote: [ -> ]Not all are bad.

https://streamable.com/lrnodp

knn, even name aso ish steal from our university. sibeh lousy 

(02-10-2022, 10:26 AM)lvlrsSTI Wrote: [ -> ]https://international.thenewslens.com/article/172073

Easier to copy mah! You never copied in school exams before meh?