Hsu Shih-tien, dean of the college, says that agricultural colleges were in great demand around 30 or 40 years ago, when farming was still regarded as part of the national economic backbone. But in the past decade or so, with industry in transition and students seeing few career prospects for themselves in the field, the examination scores required for admission to agricultural college have slipped lower and lower.
院長徐世典說，農學院在以農立國的台灣，三、四十年前確實風光一時，但近十幾年來因為產業轉型，學生也覺得學「農」沒前途，聯考錄取分數逐年下滑。