The Taiwan Association of University Professors (TAUP) said yesterday that the group would organize an online college with the aim of strengthening awareness of Taiwanese identity and to encourage the pursuit of official independence.
TAUP chairman Tsay Ting-kuei (蔡丁貴) made the remarks at a fundraising lunch that also gathered legislators from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and its ally, the Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU), as well as from the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT).
Tsay said the school would recruit people over 16 who identify themselves with Taiwan and that the college's board of directors would be devoted to its development and offer counseling services.
The college will have one president and four vice presidents. There will be a pre-college, as well as colleges of arts and letters, politics and socio-economics, science and engineering and special studies.
The college will serve as an educational institute based on the guiding spirit, "of Taiwan, by Taiwan and for Taiwan," he said.
It will pool resources at home and overseas for online teaching.
"To realize the idea of Taiwan's independent sovereignty and the establishment of the country of Taiwan, the TAUP is very willing to take on this responsibility," he said.
Among the lawmakers who attended the event yesterday were DPP legislators Chai Trong-rong (
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