國家教育研究院

　　提升高等教育品質為全球高等教育發展之重要課題，為因應國際化趨勢及增強全球移動力，近年歐盟及亞太地區透過區域合作，積極推動高等教育跨境品質保證；我國實施多年的高等教育評鑑，也期能逐漸與國際品質保證體系接軌。本研究為兩年期研究之第一年，旨在探究高等教育跨境品質保證，研究目的有三：1.瞭解全球高等教育跨境品質保證之發展歷程及現況。2.探討推動高等教育跨境品質保證之問題與挑戰。3.分析我國推動高等教育跨境品質保證之可行策略。

　　本研究以文獻探討為基礎，並採用訪談法，邀集6 位學者專家進行諮詢訪談，探討跨境品質保證之相關問題及因應策略。獲致研究結論如下：1.建立高等教育跨境品質保證機制，能確保高等教育機構提供有品質教育；2.跨國性品質保證組織及標準，為引導高等教育實施跨境品質保證之參考；3.高等教育跨境品質保證面臨許多挑戰，包括各國品質保證認可機構能力有限等；4.高等教育跨境品質保證的標準，包括內部品質保證、外部品質保證和品質保證機構；5.高等教育跨境品質保證的推動，主要採資訊共享、機構合作和建立網絡等方式。

　　本研究對教育政策之近程建議包括：1.採取多元化品質保證方式，確保國內高等教育品質；2.強化國內品質保證機構國際合作，促進品保機構國際化。中長程建議包括：1.建立高等教育跨境品質保證體系，編印跨境品質保證手冊；2.參酌國際品質保證組織標準，確立我國跨境品質保證原則與標準；3.強化高等教育品質保證機構多邊合作，擴展品質保證國際作為。

　　To improve the quality of higher education is one of the most important issues today. In order to adapt to the international trend and to improve the mobility of students, European Union and Asian Pacific countries have been aggressively promoting the cross-border quality assurance in higher education by adjoined territorial co-operation recently. We also intend to transform the higher education evaluation to the international quality assurance system in Taiwan. This study is the first year plan of two-year plan that aims to investigate the cross-border quality assurance of higher education. There are three aims in this study: 1.To understand the developmental history and the recent situations of the worldwide cross-border quality assurance. 2. To investigate the problems and challenges of implementing cross-border quality assurance. 3. To analyze the possible strategies for promoting the cross-border quality assurance of higher education in Taiwan.

　　The methods of interview were adopted in the study. 6 scholars were invited to conduct counseling interviews in order to investigate the relevant issues of and coping strategies for the following conclusions were made according to the study findings: 1.The establishment of a mechanism for cross-border quality assurance in higher education will assure the higher education agencies to provide quality education. 2. The cross-border quality assurance organisations and standards afford quidence will facilitate the development of quality assurance of cross-border higher education. 3. Challenges in quality assurance of cross-border higher education include the restriction in recognition by national quality assurance etc.. 4. The quality assurance standards of cross-border higher education include internal quality assurance, external quality assurance and quality assurance agencies. 5. The promotion of quality assurance of cross-border higher education will enhance the effect of information sharing, agency cooperation and network establishment.

　　Recommendations for policy in the short term were proposed according to the conclusions：1. Adopt a diversity of quality assurance approaches to assure the quality of higher education in Taiwan. 2. Intensify the international collaboration for Taiwan’s quality assurance agencies to promote internationalization with the quality assurance agencies and. Recommendations for policy in the middle and long term were：1. Establish a quality assurance system of cross-border higher education and publish the guiding handbook. 2. Take consideration of standards of international quality assurance organizations to establish Taiwan’s quality assurance principles and standards. 3. Strengthen the multilateral education among the agencies for quality assurance of higher education to expand the international actions of quality assurance.