"In the past when Yu Ying-shih, a member of the Academia Sinica, taught at Yale [he is now at Princeton], there were more students from Taiwanwho came to study humanities, but now there are a lot fewer," notes Chuan Pei-jung. Whether or not there is a powerful professor is crucial in deciding whether or not overseas students can get into Yale.
「以前中央研究院院士余英時在耶魯教書時（現已到普林斯頓大學），台灣來攻讀人文的留學生比較多，現在少多了」，傅佩榮指出，是否有有力教授引介是留學生得以進耶魯的關鍵。