提高經濟弱勢學生進入頂尖大學

Abstract

本校務發展研究計畫之目標，透過質性訪談先驅推動增加招收經濟弱勢學生之頂尖大學，以及及量化分析本校校務資料，以期在多元入學架構下，提出本校選取有向上心並有潛力之經濟弱勢學生之方案，及入學後之輔導政策。本計畫的主要研究發現包括：1、頂尖大學推動增加經濟弱勢學生應有清楚的理念；2、降低入學門檻，以增加招收經濟弱勢學生是可行的策略，但此策略應採全面審查方式，且有良好之入學前後的各項輔導及補助措施。The goal of this research project is to find out good strategies to increase the enrollment of students, who are economically disadvantaged but with high academic potential, into NCCU, a highly ranked public university. The project is also expected to offer advices to sound plans helping these economically disadvantaged students to adapt to the university once they are enrolled. The project interviewed staff of three other top research universities who were pioneers in promoting the enrollment of economically disadvantaged students. The project also used data offered by NCCU administration to analyze the performance of economically disadvantaged students at NCCU in the past as well as the performance of students who were the bottom fifth in their college entrance examinations and see if it is practical to lower the admission criteria for the economically disadvantaged. Based on the research findings, this project proposes that NCCU should uphold the core value that the excellence of a top public university should care about social justice and increasing the enrollment of economically disadvantaged would promote campus diversity. Furthermore, by lowering the admission standards in order to enroll more economically disadvantaged is a practical strategy. However, the strategy should be complemented with the method of holistic review and plans to assist students before and after their enrollment academically and economically.