A few years ago when Dr. Nannerl Keohane, president of Duke University, another of America's most respected schools, came to Taiwan to give a speech, she pointed out: "Having a big budget does not necessarily make a first-rate university. But without sound financial backing, it will forever be impossible to become a first-rate university."
幾年前，美國名校杜克大學校長柯南茹來台演說時也表示，「有寬裕的預算不一定能成為第一流學校，但是沒有健全的財務支援，永遠無法變成第一流學校。」