東南亞僑生來臺灣就讀大學之因素探討

Study on Factors of Attending Taiwan’s Uni-versities for Southeast Asian Chinese Students

東南亞各國的華裔學生人數極多，並且他們在居住國完成中學教育之後多有出國升學的傾向，因此其升學的抉擇、出國的偏好、重視的層面及考慮的因素等，均值得深入探討分析。本研究旨在探討：1.東南亞僑生選擇升學之影響因素；2.僑生來臺就學之意願、動機及考慮因素；3.招收僑生應考量的做法。並就僑居國與臺灣在學費、生活環境、教育品質及社會文化等方面進行比較。研究採網路問卷調查法，透過各大學的僑生社團進行方便抽樣，共蒐集超過兩百份有效問卷。
調查結果顯示：僑生離開僑居地升學的考慮因素主要為體驗不同文化、增加國際視野及提高就業機會。至於選擇來臺灣唸書則是以學費較低、治安良好、人民友善、容易融入臺灣的社會以及能增強華語能力為主要因素。填答者則認為臺灣各大學邀請在臺僑生回去現身說法、在東南亞各地舉辦教育展或至當地各中學直接宣傳等方式都對招收僑生頗為有效，此外加強科系特色及提供全英語課程也對於招生有所助益。

The number of Chinese students in Southeast Asian countries is extremely large. In the past decades, they tend to go abroad for further studies after completing their secondary education. Therefore, their choice of further education, their orientation to go abroad, and what they value and take in considerations are all worthy of in-depth exploration and analysis.
The aims of this study are three folds: First, to explore the reasons why the overseas Chinese students from Southeast Asian choose to study abroad; secondly, to understand the willingness, motivation and consideration of overseas Chinese-ethnic students of Southeast Asia to study in Taiwan; thirdly, to reconsider the policies and strategies of recruiting overseas Chinese students. The study also compares their home countries and Taiwan, in terms of tuition fee, living environment, and quality of education and social/cultural factors.
In this study, over 200 valid web-based questionnaires were collected from enrolled overseas Chinese-ethnic students through the overseas Chinese student associations of various universities in Taiwan. The survey results show that the main considerations of these overseas Chinese-ethnic students are to experience different cultures, to increase their international perspective, and to increase their future employment opportunities. As for their choice to study in Taiwan are lower tuition fee, high social security, friendly people and cultural integration. Other factors include enhancing their Chinese language ability and better off their future employment.
The study reveals that inviting these students to visit various secondary schools in their home countries for promoting Taiwan’s universities and holding educational fairs in various sites of South Asia can greatly strengthen the recruitment rate. In addition, highlighting the features of the department and providing full English courses could be very effective for increasing enrollment.