PREMIER URGES TO REVIEW UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS' SALARY PACKAGES|防教授出走潮 林揆促檢討大學薪資制度

Facing low salary and the pension reform that will reduce their pension packages, many university professors are likely to seek better job opportunities overseas. Premier Lin Chuan has ordered a task force to be established to review and increase salary packages for university professors. As later retirement and smaller pension packages for professors in public universities may drive them overseas for better job opportunities, Premier Lin Chuan has established a task force to tackle this problem. ==CHEN KUEN-YUAN Department of Personnel Director, Ministry of Education== There will be two main directions. One will focus on flexibility, which means more flexibility and longer terms for short-term or specific personnel. Premier Lin also hoped to adjust the salary structure for university professors, but no concrete plans have been proposed. Some universities believe that the approach is viable. ==WU CHENG-CHIH Vice President, National Taiwan Normal University == I think it's a good idea. It's the way it's supposed to be. If you want to increase competitiveness, you need to make reference to the US, European countries, or nearby countries. According to Vice President Wu, the salary for professors in Taiwan is already lower than other Asian countries, so it will be a bigger challenge to retain talents after the new pension scheme kicks off. Some have criticized the government's approach. ==LEE CHIA-TUNG, Scholar== These two things are going against each other. The reason why the government slashed pension plans was that it ran out of money. How will it be able to fund itself to raise the salary? ==LEE MING Professor, National Tsing Hua University== After you've done some research and proposed a plan, the Legislative Yuan will go through discussions for God knows how long. During this time, many talents in universities may have already got better positions abroad. Scholars believed that incentives must be put in place to retain talents, and raising the competitiveness for Taiwan's higher education is an urgent priority. Translated By LUKE CHIANG 頂尖大學教授的薪資待遇普遍偏低，再加上年金改革三讀後，造成退休金減少的衝擊，不少國立大學教授更可能被挖角，轉往國外發展。為了留住高教人才，行政院長林全指示，成立專案小組，重新檢討大學教師薪資制度或彈性化薪給制度，未來待遇可望調高，對此，各大學反應不一。 教職人員的年金改革三讀通過，國立大學教授不但必須延長到65歲才能支領退休金，平均每個月退休金也被大砍，恐怕引發出走潮，因此，行政院長林全指示，成立專案小組，重新檢討大學教師薪資制度或彈性化薪給制度。 ==教育部人事處長 陳焜元== 兩個大方向 一個是在彈薪的部分 就是不要那麼只是短期的特定的 讓彈性的部分 更有長期性的效果 另一個方向，則是調整大學教授的薪資結構，未來待遇可望調高，但是目前還沒有規劃出具體方案，以及時程，對於林全拋出留住人才的作法，有學校認為可以期待。 ==國立臺灣師範大學副校長 吳正己== 覺得很好啊 應該是要這樣 但是到底你可以期待到怎樣 可以讓我們具有競爭力 這真的可能要在設計的時候 參考一下歐美或鄰近國家 吳副校長指出，對比亞洲其他國家高教人才薪資，台灣算低，要爭取人才回流，本來就困難，現在退休制度又變差，如何爭取高教人才，是一大問題，更有教授批評，先砍年金，再談調薪，根本是自相矛盾。 ==學者 李家同== 相矛盾的 因為為什麼要砍年金 就是國家的錢不夠了嘛 對不對 怎麼會有錢來調薪 ==清大教授 李敏== 你開始研究 你有了應對的方案 開始立法院討論 恐怕又是天馬行空 又不知道會討論到多久 在這段時間 我覺得國內的大學 會損失掉很多的人才 學者認為，不讓人才流失，必須要有誘因，而提升頂尖大學的高教競爭力不能等，得看教育部端出的高教深耕計畫，是否發揮作用。 記者 郭采彥 吳嘉堡 台北報導