Wang says that in Germany, universities are institutions that provide needed training to students interested in doing in-depth research. Germany is able to do this because its education system begins tracking students at an early age-- young students are placed on their tracks after just four years of primary education.
王秀槐研究指出，德國將大學定位為提供「有心從事高深學術研究者」相關訓練的學府，原因是德國的學制分流極早，小學生在讀完 4 年基礎學校後，就開始分軌。