MingDao University (MDU; Chinese: 明道大學; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bêng-tō Tāi-ha̍k) was a private university located in Pitou Township, Changhua County, Taiwan.
明道大學 | |
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| Motto | 明善誠身[1] |
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Motto in English | Wisdom, Virtue, Honesty, Progress[2] |
| Type | Private |
| Active | 2001–1 August 2024 |
| Location | 23°52′14″N 120°29′42″E / 23.8705°N 120.4949°E |
| Website | Official website |
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| Traditional Chinese | 明道大學 | ||||||||||
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The institution was founded as the MingDao School of Management in 2001, and was accorded university status by the Ministry of Education (ROC) in 2007.
In 2020, the university had an enrollment rate of less than 60%.[3] It was scheduled to shut down in 2024,[4] and did so on August 1.[5]
Faculties
edit- College of Applied Science
- College of Design
- College of Hospitality and Tourism Management
- College of Humanities
- College of Management[6]
Research
editInternational student complaint
editIn November 2018 it was reported in Eswatini that Mingdao University tricked more than 40 Eswatini students in working full five-day shifts in a chicken processing plant.[12][13]
MingDao University recruited over 40 students from Eswatini to take part in a work-study program[14] called the "Taiwan Work/Study Scholarship".[15] According to the its June 2018 advertisement, the students would earn a wage sufficient to cover their expenses as students, while working toward a bachelor's degree in business administration.[15]
The students were instead directed to peel chicken skin in a chilled factory environment.[15] One student likened the situation to "slavery", alleging they could not simply leave since the university would punish those remaining behind.[14]
Yu Jung-hui (尤榮輝), chairman of the Union of Private School Educators (UPRISE), called for an investigation and said that 47 students were used for "slave labor" and that MingDao University is "almost an international fraud".[15] Taiwan News noted the similarity to an incident where Sri Lankan students from the University of Kang Ning were duped into working in a slaughterhouse.[15]
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ "校訓 (Chinese)". MDU. Retrieved 2014-10-30.
- ↑ "Accommodation". MDU. Retrieved 2014-10-30.
- ↑ "12 universities in Taiwan suffer enrollment rate lower than 60 percent". Taiwan News. 30 December 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
- ↑ "Three private universities ordered to halt new enrollments". Focus Taiwan News. 6 June 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
- ↑ "Universities close amid diminishing enrollment numbers", Taipei Times website, 2 August 2024, archived from the original on 2025-09-29, retrieved 2 August 2024
- ↑ "Colleges". Mingdao University. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- ↑ University launches new hydrogen-powered car - The China Post
- ↑ Mingdao University lauds electricity-making panes - Taipei Times
- ↑ High-Efficiency 4kW VAWT Design and Development
- ↑ Hydrogen Student Design Contest
- ↑ ATOAP International – Home
- ↑ Bring back our children from the Mingdao slave factories, Swazi Observer, 23 November 2018
- ↑ 外媒爆明道大學曾把外籍生當學工「每天剝鷄皮8小時」 教育部回應了, ETtoday, 20 May 2020 (in Chinese)
- 1 2 "Swaziland: Students in Taiwan Forced to Work 'Like Slaves' in Frozen Chicken Factory". AllAfrica. 20 November 2018. Archived from the original on 20 November 2018.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Over 40 Eswatini students duped into skinning chickens in W. Taiwan", Taiwan News website, archived from the original on 2020-05-25, retrieved 7 May 2022