由大學多元入學者的個人背景與滿意度評估多元入學的成效

Evaluation of College Multi-Channel Admission System in Taiwan Based on Individual Background and Satisfaction Level

本文使用「台灣高等教育整合資料庫」2003 年入學與其2006年大四的大學生資料，評估多元入學制度在公平與效率兩個面向的成效。首先分析個人背景如何影響考試、推薦、與申請三類管道的入學機率 (公平面向)。實證顯示父親教育程度與家庭年收入對於入學管道的選擇機會不具影響力，少部分父母親的職業具些微影響力，因此多元入學並不完全等同於多錢入學。然而母親教育程度與私立高中有助於甄選入學，這可能與輔導性知識資源的介入有關。不同管道入學者校系滿意度（效率面向）分析發現，考試分發者的自我學習或校系認同的滿意度最低；申請入學者在兩項滿意度上又高於推甄入學者，推論多元入學的「甄選入學制」確實提升校系與學生媒合的成效。

By utilizing data from Taiwanese Integranted Higher Education Database on college students traced from their entry to college in 2003 and to their graduation in 2006, we evaluate the performance of college multi-channel admission system regarding fairness and efficiency. On the issue of fairness, we explore how individual backgrounds affect students’ probability to select one of three different admission channels to enter college. The results indicate that father’s education level and family income do not play significant roles and few specific parents’ occupations are influential. Multi-Channel Admission System in Taiwan does not translate into the so-called “money-oriented” Admission System as the public believe. However, the information related to admission provided by higher-educated mothers or private high schools increase student’s opportunity to enter colleges through the “recommendation” or the “application” channels. On the other hand, the efficiency analysis is based on students’ satisfaction levels on their colleges, fields of study, and their own learning performance. Empirical results show that students via “examination” tend to have the lowest satisfaction level, while students via “application” have higher satisfaction level than those via “recommendation”. We conclude that Taiwanese college multi-channel admission system does exert a better role of matching students and colleges.