社團法人高雄市社區大學促進會 - Sanmin District

The concept of the “Community University” (CU) was first advocated by Professor Huang Wu-hsiung of National Taiwan University, the leader of the April 10th rally for educational reform in 1994. Based upon the rationale of educational reform as the foundation for social reconstruction, the CU’s vision is twofold: 1) the liberalization of knowledge and 2) the formation of civil society. In other words, the CU aims to cultivate citizens to adjust themselves to the modern society. Also its significance is to introduce the perspective of holistic human learning to higher education. The CU designs its curricula and learning activities in a humanistic perspective, especially with a focus of connecting people to their communities. That is to say, the CU is an experiment to combine the social reconstruction and educational reform. We welcome all people to join us.

People at the age of 18 or above are eligible to enroll in the courses. Certificates will be offered as long as the credits are fulfilled. The curricula of the CU are framed into three categories: academic courses, living skill courses and group activity courses. There are 83 CUs nationwide as of October 2014.