Because there were so few universities early on, Tsai Yuan-pei, who had served as Minister of Education, felt positive about churches founding universities. But at the same time, he saw that they had clear disadvantages. For example, they placed little emphasis on Chinese history or literature. Moreover, each church-sponsored school spread Christian doctrine.
由於大學不足，曾任教育總長的蔡元培對教會辦學深感敬佩；但他同時也感覺到明顯的缺點，例如不重視中國的歷史、文學，而且每建立一所教會學校，就要宣傳教義。