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[romanworld]

Looks like the falling birth rates and enrollment shortfalls are really starting to take their toll:

Last week, Kao Fong College of Digital Contents in Pingtung County said it was disbanding after years of student shortages and financial difficulties, making it the nation’s first private college to shut down. Another Pingtung-based private college, Yung Ta Institute of Technology and Commerce, was told by the Ministry of Education to halt admissions for a year to focus on restructuring. Several other private schools, including Kaomei Junior College of Health Care and Management in Greater Kaohsiung and Hsing Kuo University in Greater Tainan, are on the ministry’s radar.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2014/02/24/2003584203

[romanworld]

A college in Yilan County has seen serious under-enrollment for the coming semester, sparking speculation that it may fold.

The Lan Yang Institute of Technology has only been able to enroll little than 100 students for the coming fall semester, and is having to borrow from banks to fund the paychecks for its staff until the new students pay their tuition fees, according to the United Evening News.

Its principal, Lin Chiang-lung, has confirmed that enrollment this year has not been “ideal,” but it is common among colleges to rely on borrowings to fund the paychecks during the winter and summer breaks.

http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/local/ilan/2014/08/11/414607/Yet-another.htm