Culture is an active process. It does not lie dormant in things (that is, any commodity, object or event that can be made to signify), waiting patiently to be awoken by an appropriate consumer. It is the practice and making of meanings. Culture is not in the object but in the experience of the object: how we make it meaningful, what we do with it, how we value it. John Storey (2003) Inventing Popular Culture, page viii The traditional arts, dance theater, music, visual arts and multi media are all accepted as being part of culture. In the same way that culture can be defined by the perceptions and feelings of each individual the arts belong to everyone. Bruno Frey (2003) in his book Arts and Economics: Analysis and Cultural policy considers the ways in which the arts are funded and supported and argues that a decision making system involving the diverse participants, audience, experts, artists and administrators is best equipped to establish and safeguard the constitutional rights to artistic expression (Frey, 2003:17). Can the experience of the arts be protected in the same way? This is an examination of the process, physical, historical and emotional issues that all play a part in the definition of the arts in Taipei. Entering the experience as a mother, artist, foreigner and long time resident of Taipei gave the researcher the opportunity to use many lenses simultaneously. This multifaceted view informed the choice of this topic. Can heritage sites and old buildings be successfully made into public arts venues? Do the underlying elements of history and conservation contribute to the venue’s ability to reach a large audience? Can free access be in part supported by in these sites through the use volunteers instead of paid staff? In order to better understand the role of the arts in contemporary Taipei life, the researcher, under the parameters of the Volunteer Services Act of Taiwan, conducted her research while a volunteer in the venues.

摘 要 本研究旨在探討臺北縣市公私立高中職學校行銷策略實施現況。為達研究目的，首先係從臺北縣市公私立高中職學校的發展概況切入，探究臺北縣市區域、人口發展與高中職發展之因果關係，進而了解目前高中職學校在少子化及教育市場自由化的趨勢及衝擊下，所引發之經營困境，並利用問卷調查方法，以百分比、次數分配、平均數、標準差、t考驗與單因子變異數等方式進行統計分析，探討學校最佳行銷方式、最優先之行銷對象、學校行銷的主要功能、與不同學校背景變項實際運作行銷策略之狀況及差異情形，以期提供學校訂定最適宜且有利學校永續經營的行銷策略之參考。 本研究依研究目的所獲得之主要研究結論有以下幾點： 壹、臺北縣市公私立高中職學校在推展學校行銷方式上，認為以「設置學校行銷組或公關組--由副校長或校長秘書兼任組長」、「成立跨處室的行銷小組--由校長指派處室主任兼任組長」與「校長親自負責」之方式最佳。 貳、現行臺北縣市公私立高中職學校行銷策略，各項策略之通用性皆極高，尤以「產品策略」與「價格策略」最受重視，而對於「通路策略」、「人員策略」及「推廣策略」則展現較低排序。 參、臺北縣市私立高中職學校在學校行銷的認知、推行與執行困境的感受程度較公立高中職校為強，且高職的危機感較高中更為明顯，顯見現行私立高中職學校的辦學壓力，亟待重視。 關鍵字：臺北縣市公私立高中職、學校行銷策略 / Abstract With the intent to research the status quo of the marketing strategy for the public and private senior high and vocational senior high schools in Taipei City and Taipei County, this study is initiated into a profile of the development of the senior highs in Taipei, which explores the effect of the development of regions and populations on that of senior highs, moreover, probing into the managing difficulties resulted from decreased births and the liberalized educational market. By using poll-taking method, which employs the statistical analysis of percentage, frequency distribution, average, standard deviation, t-test and single-factor-coefficient of variation。 This survey quests for senior high schools’ optimal marketing strategies, the first-priority marketing target, major effect of school marketing, varied practical adaptation in marketing based on different factors of school background, hence, a reasonable guideline emerges for schools to constitute their most adapted marketing strategies that facilitate their sustainable management. The principal conclusions extracted from this research are as follows: 1. As far as school marketing is concerned, the following are currently being widely regarded as best approaches among the senior high schools in Taipei City and Taipei County: A. Setting up a school marketing section or PR section with a section chief concurrently assumed by vice-principal or secretary of the principal. B. Instituting a trans-departmental marketing section with a concurrent chief directly assigned by the principal from one of the section chiefs of the faculty. C. Being under the charge of the principal’s own fair hand. 2. Among the senior high schools in Taipei, the prevailing marketing strategies are highly universal, among which the “product strategy” and “pricing strategy” are especially emphasized, while “marketing channels,” “sales force strategy” and “promotion strategy” are ranked in lower priority. 3. In both Taipei City and Taipei County, with regard to the cognition, promotion and execution of school marketing, private senior high schools perceive more difficulty than public ones, hence, vocational schools appreciate stronger sense of crisis, revealing the crucial pressure on the survival of the private vocational senior highs. Key Words: The public and private senior high schools and vocational high schools in Taipei City and Taipei County, School Marketing Strategy