The 2025 Taiwan-U.S. International Education Administrators Roundtable Networking was held March 14 in Taipei City as both sides continue to expand cooperation on key education issues.
According to the Ministry of Education, the event involved nearly 70 representatives from 16 U.S. colleges and universities and 40 local institutions.
During her opening remarks, Lee Yu-jiuan, director-general of the MOE’s Department of International and Cross-strait Education, said Taiwan and the U.S. enjoy close tertiary education cooperation, as evidenced by the more than 2,000 exchange agreements made between the two sides as of 2024. More than 23,000 Taiwan students are studying in the U.S., while nearly 4,000 from the U.S. are pursuing education in Taiwan, she added.
Lee said bilateral linguistic education collaboration has been expanding since the launch of the U.S.-Taiwan Education Initiative in 2020. Under the project, the MOE is sponsoring the Taiwan Huayu BEST Program, with 18 local and 58 U.S. institutions taking part, she said, adding that 77 Huayu instructors and assistants from Taiwan were sent to the U.S. last year.
During the roundtable, the MOE department brought attendees up to speed on bilateral education projects and their outlooks, while participants shared their experiences during panel discussion sessions.
The roundtable was the fifth held since its launch in 2018. Among this year’s attendees was a U.S. delegation arranged by Fulbright Taiwan that arrived in Taiwan March 10, the MOE said, adding that during their two-week stay, the visiting administrators will call at tertiary institutions around the country. (SFC-E)
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According to the Ministry of Education, the event involved nearly 70 representatives from 16 U.S. colleges and universities and 40 local institutions.
During her opening remarks, Lee Yu-jiuan, director-general of the MOE’s Department of International and Cross-strait Education, said Taiwan and the U.S. enjoy close tertiary education cooperation, as evidenced by the more than 2,000 exchange agreements made between the two sides as of 2024. More than 23,000 Taiwan students are studying in the U.S., while nearly 4,000 from the U.S. are pursuing education in Taiwan, she added.
Lee said bilateral linguistic education collaboration has been expanding since the launch of the U.S.-Taiwan Education Initiative in 2020. Under the project, the MOE is sponsoring the Taiwan Huayu BEST Program, with 18 local and 58 U.S. institutions taking part, she said, adding that 77 Huayu instructors and assistants from Taiwan were sent to the U.S. last year.
During the roundtable, the MOE department brought attendees up to speed on bilateral education projects and their outlooks, while participants shared their experiences during panel discussion sessions.
The roundtable was the fifth held since its launch in 2018. Among this year’s attendees was a U.S. delegation arranged by Fulbright Taiwan that arrived in Taiwan March 10, the MOE said, adding that during their two-week stay, the visiting administrators will call at tertiary institutions around the country. (SFC-E)
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