臺灣博碩士論文加值系統

The International Cooperation and Development Fund (ICDF) provides scholarships to foreign students from friendly countries, in development-related fields of study. It is stringent that research be carried out to evaluate ICDF’s meeting of its goals and missions –to provide students with valuable knowledge in key development areas.
The purpose of this paper was to assess the career track of ICDF scholarship graduates pre and post studies and evaluate their level of satisfaction with the degree obtained in Taiwan, their studies and current employment. A self-made questionnaire (Cronbach alpha=. 885) was sent out by ICDF and n=87 recipients responded. Descriptive statistics revealed that graduate ICDF scholarship recipients reported high levels of satisfaction ( at p<.05) with their former studies, Taiwan, ICDF as well as their current employment as well as for graduates with past working experience, for those aged under 25, and for graduates of Business schools..Twenty five year olds reported the most difficulty in finding work upon completion of studies despite their being satisfied with above factors. Finally, if their degree resulted in increased income, promotion, or a change of career to a higher profile organization, the level of their satisfaction with Taiwan, with ICDF and with their degree all increase substantially. Therefore, from the viewpoints of past scholarship recipients, ICDF was successful in providing students with the knowledge and tools needed to return to their countries of origin and contribute to the development of their economies.

The International Cooperation and Development Fund (ICDF) provides scholarships to foreign students from friendly countries, in development-related fields of study. It is stringent that research be carried out to evaluate ICDF’s meeting of its goals and missions –to provide students with valuable knowledge in key development areas.
The purpose of this paper was to assess the career track of ICDF scholarship graduates pre and post studies and evaluate their level of satisfaction with the degree obtained in Taiwan, their studies and current employment. A self-made questionnaire (Cronbach alpha=. 885) was sent out by ICDF and n=87 recipients responded. Descriptive statistics revealed that graduate ICDF scholarship recipients reported high levels of satisfaction ( at p<.05) with their former studies, Taiwan, ICDF as well as their current employment as well as for graduates with past working experience, for those aged under 25, and for graduates of Business schools..Twenty five year olds reported the most difficulty in finding work upon completion of studies despite their being satisfied with above factors. Finally, if their degree resulted in increased income, promotion, or a change of career to a higher profile organization, the level of their satisfaction with Taiwan, with ICDF and with their degree all increase substantially. Therefore, from the viewpoints of past scholarship recipients, ICDF was successful in providing students with the knowledge and tools needed to return to their countries of origin and contribute to the development of their economies.

Table of Contents
List of Tables 4
List of Figures 6
Abstract 7
Acknowledgments 8
Chapter 1 1
INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Background 1
1.2 ICDF Scholarship Program 2
1.3 Research Objectives 4
1.4 Research Questions 4
1.5 Research Motivation 4
1.6 Research Outline 5
Chapter 2 7
LITERATURE REVIEW 7
2.1 Conditions of Existing Programs Worldwide 8
2.1.1 The Australian (AusAID) Program 8
2.1.2 The Turkish Foreign Study Scholarship Program 9
2.1.3 The Malaysian Scholarship Program 10
2.1.4 The Georgia HOPE Scholarship 12
2.1.5 The Canadian Millennium Scholarship Foundation 13
2.1.6 The Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction (JFPR) 14
2.1.7 The Taiwan ICDF Program 15
2.2 Comparison between other Scholarship Programs and ICDF 16
Chapter 3 19
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 19
3.1 Introduction 19
3.2 Method of Data-Gathering 19
3.3 Data Analysis 20
3.4 Limitations 20
3.5 Summary 21
Chapter 4 22
DATA ANALYSIS 22
4.1 Introduction 22
4.2 Description of Respondents 22
4.3 Impact of Obtained Degree on Career Track 31
4.4 Respondents’ Return to Country of Origin and Success in Job Placement 33
4.5 Satisfaction with Career Choice, Placement and Advancement 35
4.6 Summary 49
Chapter 5 50
CONCLUSIONS 50
5.1 Research questions 50
5.2 Discussions and implications 52
5.3 Summary 54
5.4 Recommendations for Future Studies 55
Bibliographies: 56
Appendix 1: Survey Questionnaire 58
Appendix 2: Coding of ICDF partner programs in Taiwan by field of study (for questionnaire) 61
Appendix 3: Timetable of the Research Process: 63

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3)Other websites:
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Institute of International Education, http://www.iie.org/What-We-Do/Fellowship-And-Scholarship-Management [Accessed on December 13, 2012]
Taiwan ICDF website, available at http://www.icdf.org.tw/ct.asp?xItem=5600&CtNode=30109&mp=2 [Accessed on December 13, 2012]
Taiwan ICDF website [Accessed on December 13, 2012] http://www.icdf.org.tw/lp.asp?ctNode=30019&CtUnit=172&BaseDSD=100&mp=2
Taiwan ICDF Program Advisory [Accessed on December 13, 2012] http://www.icdf.org.tw/public/mmo/icdf/%E4%BF%AE%E6%AD%A3-1-Program%20Advisory.pdf