According to Chou Chu-ying, a professor of education at National Chengchi University, the amount of money invested in each student pursuing higher education has fallen by one-third to one-half. Chou believes higher education in Taiwan is being commercialized, commodified, and stratified.
政治大學教育系教授周祝瑛指出，高等教育在每位學生身上的投資都大幅下降約 1/3 到 1/2，高等教育被迫市場化、商品化、甚至階層化的趨勢已經日益明顯。