念研究所有助於學生就業嗎？產官學菁英觀點

Do Master’s Degrees Mean More Job Offers? From the Experts’ Perspective of Industry, Government and University

近10年來，國內研究所的擴充極為快速，至2013年止，全國大學校院已增加了近1,500所研究所，在校研究生總數達208,780人（教育部，2014）。伴隨著研究所擴充所引發的「高學歷高失業率」問題，亦日益受到關注。尤其當前世界各國在高等教育品質評估上皆強調「教育和勞力市場的連結」及「畢業生表現」，究竟念研究所是一項投資還是迷思？除了來自學生觀點的回饋外，產官學界的觀點也值得被理解。爰此，本研究邀集10位產官學界的菁英，採取半結構式訪談來了解他們對國內研究所教育與就業連結的看法，並試圖歸納出適切可行的政策建議。

In the past decade, the rapid expansion of graduate schools has brought up a growing concern called “highly-educated and unemployment”. There were nearly 1,500 graduate programs set by universities during 2003-2013, along with 208,780 graduate students in total (Ministry of Education, 2014). Especially when many countries lay stress on both “the link between education and labor market” and “graduates performance” in the assessment of higher education quality, it becomes an arguing investment to judge if doing a master degree is worthy. Do master’s degrees mean more job offers? In this study, 10 experts from industry, government and university were interviewed with semi-structural interview. According to research findings, some appropriate recommendations for policy makers were provided.