Councilor urges investigation of claimed degreesBy Yen Chun-hung, Rachel Lin and Jake Chung / Staff reporters, with staff writerThe Ministry of Education (MOE) should investigate politicians whose education credentials have come under scrutiny to uphold the integrity of academia, Changhua County Councilor Huang Sheng-lu (黃盛祿) said on Thursday. The entrance to the Ministry of Education in Taipei is pictured yesterday. Union of Private School Educators president Yu Jung-hui (尤榮輝) said that Taiwan’s higher education system is showing signs of commercialization, especially in master’s degree courses offered to working people. Universities are pandering to part-time students, lowering standards so they can more easily complete studies and obtain degrees, he said. Over the past five years, there have been 17 incidents in which educational degrees have been revoked due to thesis plagiarism, the ministry said.

Source: Taipei Times July 24, 2020 15:56 UTC