Chang did not specify just what kind of education can produce people who are both "specialists" and "all-rounders," but he did criticize a common failing of both the Taiwanese and US education systems: trying to infuse students with the totality of the specialist knowledge of their discipline.
張忠謀並沒有說出什麼樣的教育能培養出又「專」、又「通」的人才，他倒是批評了台灣和美國教育的通病﹘ ﹘強調專業知識詳盡的灌輸。