One result of this has been a doubling over the last three years of the number of college and university students requesting financial assistance. The number reached 18,625 students in the 2007 academic year, in which the MOE is spending a record NT $ 1.1 billion on financial assistance for students.
近 3 年來，大學院校申請獎助金補助的人數從每年近九千人暴增了一倍（1 萬 8,625 人）；教育部的補助經費也年年破表，估計民國 96 學年的金額將創下 11 億元的新高。