During Phase I (2018–2022) of Taiwan’s Higher Education Sprout Project, the University launched the nation’s first model of “Precision Education in a Smart University,” establishing a signature feature within the Sprout framework. In Phase II, Stage I (2023–2024), the University continued to advance this central initiative, further enhancing the Precision Education Platform and comprehensive learning support systems—efforts that received strong affirmation from the review committee.
Guided by a SWOT analysis and Institutional Research (IR) using the College Learning Assessment (COLA) and UCAN competency data, the University has refined its Phase II, Stage II (2025–2027) implementation plan. Beyond maintaining a rigorous five-level quality assurance system to ensure high-quality teaching, the University is driving a campus-wide movement of instructional innovation. The strategy deepens the core elements of Precision Education—diagnosis, prediction, intervention, and prevention—and designs personalized learning pathways tailored to diverse learner needs. These efforts aim to fully establish a human-centric learning environment that embodies holistic education.
Key Development Strategies
1. Enhancement of the Precision Education Platform (Focus Area B)
The University continues to strengthen the AI Learning Prognostic System, conducting longitudinal tracking of learning performance from the first to the fourth year using COLA and UCAN datasets. This increases the accuracy of “diagnosis” and “prediction,” enabling precision recruitment, precision advising, enhanced pedagogical feedback for instructors, and precision learning support for students.
2. Strengthening Advising Systems and Building Multi-Layered Learning Support (Focus Areas B & C)
By integrating academic and student affairs resources, the University reinforces the advising roles of faculty mentors, life mentors, and career mentors. Student placement into academic, practice-oriented, or licensure-oriented tracks is guided by individual interests, motivations, and career plans.Stage II will broaden the advising spectrum through the incorporation of learning tracks, cross-disciplinary pathways, and flexible curricular mechanisms, supporting students’ personalized academic development.
3. Enhancing Teaching Capacity (Focus Area A)
Supported by robust Teaching Practice Research grants, instructional innovation has become a campus-wide culture. The University continues to foster faculty professional development, support faculty learning communities, and cultivate the competencies needed for cross-disciplinary teaching and sustainable development.
4. Embracing AI to Prepare Future-Ready Talent (Focus Area B)
Guided by the principle Professional Expertise × AI = ∞, the University promotes both X+AI courses and AI+X interdisciplinary programs, cultivating boundary-crossing talent capable of solving real-world problems.
Beyond AI literacy, students are taught how to remain irreplaceable in the age of AI. Emphasis on Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) strengthens emotional intelligence, fostering a new generation of talent with AI + SEL leadership.
5. Fostering a Self-Directed and Cross-Disciplinary Learning Environment (Focus Area B)
The University is conducting a comprehensive review of self-directed learning mechanisms and enhancing first-year exploratory learning. Through general education exploratory credits, students are encouraged to pursue diverse academic interests and develop intrinsic motivation.
Curricular reforms include reducing required credits, developing cross-disciplinary specialty modules, and implementing flexible degree pathways at both the university and college levels. This transformation shifts cross-disciplinary and self-directed learning from being “required” to being genuinely “needed,” cultivating π-shaped interdisciplinary talent.
Conclusion
In response to the rapid emergence of AI, the University’s Phase II (2026–2027) Sprout Project advances comprehensive instructional innovation and cross-disciplinary learning pathways. By providing flexible opportunities for self-directed learning and strengthening the human-centric philosophy of Precision Education, the University aims to realize the full vision of holistic education and cultivate future talent prepared for an AI-empowered world.