Ministry introduces measures to ensure thesis qualityBy Wu Po-hsuan and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe Ministry of Education yesterday unveiled eight measures designed to ensure the quality of graduate theses following allegations of plagiarism and writing by proxies. The Ministry of Education building is pictured in Taipei on Friday last week. The cases also raised doubts about the quality of education at various institutions, as well as these institutions’ mechanisms for controlling the quality of students’ theses, he said, adding that the ministry hopes to resolve the issue by supervising schools and implementing the eight measures. The measures, which are to be implemented next year, aim to improve the quality of local degree programs. Cases where students are suspected of employing proxy writers for their theses would be investigated by the ministry, he said.

Source: Taipei Times July 28, 2020 15:56 UTC