Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 69.92
Liaison Chang Tzau-Chau
Submission Date March 3, 2022

STARS v2.2

National Taiwan Normal University
PA-8: Affordability and Access

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.87 / 4.00 Chang Tzau-Chau
Professor
Graduate Institute of Environmental Education
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Percentage of need met, on average, for students who were awarded any need-based aid :
100

Percentage of students graduating without student loan debt:
83.13

Percentage of entering students that are low-income:
8.20

Graduation/success rate for low-income students:
100

A brief description of notable policies or programs to make the institution accessible and affordable to low-income students:

1. In order to help disadvantaged students to more easily enroll, through the dual-channel selection of individual applications through the university, a priority admission mechanism is planned to ensure that at least 49 disadvantaged students are enrolled each year, and to encourage students to actively participate in the second stage of the selection examination, low-income households and middle schools Candidates from low-income households are provided with services that are free of registration fees and accommodation during the examination period. The university provides multiple channels for disadvantaged students through flexible and preferential enrollment mechanisms.
(1) Each department enrolls students through individual application, and preferentially admits at least one disadvantaged student.
(2) Through the individual application regardless of department (Morning Group) channel, 10 places for disadvantaged students are provided. The selection test is done in an independent manner. Applicants fill in the order of volunteers, and distribute them to the department in order of total score and volunteer order. Students in the department are being admitted.
2. In addition to low-income households and low- and middle-income households, the plans planned by this school and above include disadvantaged students such as children from families in special circumstances, aboriginal livelihoods, new immigrants and their children, and children with physical and mental disabilities and disabilities. There are also screening tests for Indigenous students and physically and mentally handicapped students as well as additional places for admission.
3. Help students from low-income households to enter school more easily


A brief description of notable policies or programs to support non-traditional students:

1. Multiple applications for scholarship subsidies inside and outside the school
2. In-school living stipend policies.


Estimated percentage of students that participate in or directly benefit from the institution’s policies and programs to support low-income and non-traditional students:
8.20

Website URL where information about the institution’s accessibility and affordability initiatives is available:
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