---
_id: '50018'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Educational authorities in Taiwan have been expanding the higher education
    sector since the 1990s to meet the demands of economic transformation and to meet
    cultural expectations. Consequently, the higher education system of Taiwan has
    evolved from an elite system to a universal one. The rapid expansion of higher
    education is also characterized by salient features such as the increase of higher
    degrees, an enlarged private sector, and diminishing numbers of junior college
    institutions and students. This study explores whether these changes at the national
    level have brought challenges to the labour market. Our findings reveal that intensified
    competition for employment caused by the increased number of college graduates
    has incurred extra monetary cost and uncertain wage prospects at the individual
    level. Disadvantaged students might suffer the most from the massification in
    light of increased financial investments and low(er) rates of return to higher
    education.
author:
- first_name: Sheng-Ju
  full_name: Chan, Sheng-Ju
  last_name: Chan
- first_name: Liang-Wen
  full_name: Lin-Januszewski, Liang-Wen
  id: '83883'
  last_name: Lin-Januszewski
citation:
  ama: 'Chan S-J, Lin-Januszewski L-W. Massification of Higher Education in Taiwan:
    Shifting Pressure from Admission to Employment. <i>Higher Education Policy</i>.
    2015;28(1):17-33. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1057/hep.2014.33">10.1057/hep.2014.33</a>'
  apa: 'Chan, S.-J., &#38; Lin-Januszewski, L.-W. (2015). Massification of Higher
    Education in Taiwan: Shifting Pressure from Admission to Employment. <i>Higher
    Education Policy</i>, <i>28</i>(1), 17–33. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1057/hep.2014.33">https://doi.org/10.1057/hep.2014.33</a>'
  bibtex: '@article{Chan_Lin-Januszewski_2015, title={Massification of Higher Education
    in Taiwan: Shifting Pressure from Admission to Employment}, volume={28}, DOI={<a
    href="https://doi.org/10.1057/hep.2014.33">10.1057/hep.2014.33</a>}, number={1},
    journal={Higher Education Policy}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media
    LLC}, author={Chan, Sheng-Ju and Lin-Januszewski, Liang-Wen}, year={2015}, pages={17–33}
    }'
  chicago: 'Chan, Sheng-Ju, and Liang-Wen Lin-Januszewski. “Massification of Higher
    Education in Taiwan: Shifting Pressure from Admission to Employment.” <i>Higher
    Education Policy</i> 28, no. 1 (2015): 17–33. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1057/hep.2014.33">https://doi.org/10.1057/hep.2014.33</a>.'
  ieee: 'S.-J. Chan and L.-W. Lin-Januszewski, “Massification of Higher Education
    in Taiwan: Shifting Pressure from Admission to Employment,” <i>Higher Education
    Policy</i>, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 17–33, 2015, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1057/hep.2014.33">10.1057/hep.2014.33</a>.'
  mla: 'Chan, Sheng-Ju, and Liang-Wen Lin-Januszewski. “Massification of Higher Education
    in Taiwan: Shifting Pressure from Admission to Employment.” <i>Higher Education
    Policy</i>, vol. 28, no. 1, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2015, pp.
    17–33, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1057/hep.2014.33">10.1057/hep.2014.33</a>.'
  short: S.-J. Chan, L.-W. Lin-Januszewski, Higher Education Policy 28 (2015) 17–33.
date_created: 2023-12-21T11:04:57Z
date_updated: 2025-11-06T15:43:51Z
doi: 10.1057/hep.2014.33
extern: '1'
intvolume: '        28'
issue: '1'
language:
- iso: eng
page: 17-33
publication: Higher Education Policy
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 0952-8733
  - 1740-3863
publication_status: published
publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
status: public
title: 'Massification of Higher Education in Taiwan: Shifting Pressure from Admission
  to Employment'
type: journal_article
user_id: '83883'
volume: 28
year: '2015'
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