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Tamkang U
Dr. Sohail Inayatullah is professor at Tamkang U, Taipei, Taiwan, in the Graduate Institute of Futures Studies (GIFS). There are a roughly ten Tamkang faculty associated with GIFS, and they have a publication, the Journal of Futures Studies. This and their special history (see below) make Tamkang one of the most developed university centers for FS in the world, a model that needs to be replicated at other leading universities in coming years.
Dr. Inayatulla says there is an application pending to upgrade the existing Tamkang MA in Futures Studies program to a PhD program. He writes "The [Taiwan] Ministry of Education initially rejected it (only one full professor there [at present] = myself) but hopefully we will hire others, making it likely by 2010."
Question: Will this be a distance PhD? TBD.
If not, we will move it to the Grad Programs list.
History: In the mid-1990's, Tamkang University pioneered the concept of a required FS course at the undergraduate level. They offer a total of twenty different FS courses in the undergraduate core, and all of their 20,000 students must take at least one of these twenty as a GE prerequisite to the bachelor's degree.
Dr. Clement Chang, founder of Tamkang, has a vision that today's university students need three major competencies (at minimum) to compete in the modern, networked world:
We at ASF wish to spread this innovative "Tamkang philosophy" globally in coming years.
As we get more info on the Tamkang PhD program we'll share it here (or please do so yourself).
Dr. Inayatulla says there is an application pending to upgrade the existing Tamkang MA in Futures Studies program to a PhD program. He writes "The [Taiwan] Ministry of Education initially rejected it (only one full professor there [at present] = myself) but hopefully we will hire others, making it likely by 2010."
Question: Will this be a distance PhD? TBD.
If not, we will move it to the Grad Programs list.
History: In the mid-1990's, Tamkang University pioneered the concept of a required FS course at the undergraduate level. They offer a total of twenty different FS courses in the undergraduate core, and all of their 20,000 students must take at least one of these twenty as a GE prerequisite to the bachelor's degree.
Dr. Clement Chang, founder of Tamkang, has a vision that today's university students need three major competencies (at minimum) to compete in the modern, networked world:
1. IT-Oriented Education
2. Globally-Oriented Education
3. Futures-Oriented Education
We at ASF wish to spread this innovative "Tamkang philosophy" globally in coming years.
As we get more info on the Tamkang PhD program we'll share it here (or please do so yourself).
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