大學研究產出指標之研究

A Study of Indicators for Research Output of Universities in Taiwan

大眾化高等教育體系的特徵是異質性，但我國大學同質性卻甚高。行政院高等教育宏觀規劃委員會建議「宜根據高等教育類別分項挹注政府的補助經費，鼓勵各大學校院朝多元化方向發展」。目前有諸如「美國新聞與世界報導」、「上海交通大學世界大學學術排名」等，考量到包括校友和教師獲得諾貝爾獎以及考量機構規模後的平均學術表現等指標。相形之下，我國仍欠缺衡量大學研究產出的客觀指標，所以本研究旨在探討如何發展出可衡量我國大學研究產出的指標項目，並提出對我國高等教育政策和指標應用之建議，使用的研究方法為德懷術。

Taiwan’s system of higher education is highly homogeneous， due to the fact that Taiwan’s public institutions are generally funded by the government on a same formula basis for teaching. In order to deal with the above problem， the Council on Macro-planning for Higher Education was established in 2003. After one and half a years， one of the major recommendations from the Council is development of research universities in Taiwan.Thus， it seems essential to look for an appropriate system of indicators for research universities in order to facilitate universities and colleges in Taiwan to develop their own unique characteristics， and to make the existing higher education system more diversified so as to meet the diverse needs of students for higher learning and the demands of society as a whole.The main purpose of this paper is firstly to examine the literature concerned， and secondly develop indicators of research output for universities. The method of a questionnaire survey of Delphi method was employed. Based upon the findings， suggestions for relevant policies and application of the indicators developed are made respectively.