According to Fwu, American institutions of higher learning have different functions, and, as a result, their standards differ. But in Taiwan, where institutions of higher learning are not clearly typed, there is little differentiation--tuition and fees, the way in which faculty are organized, and the classes faculty teach are all determined by the MOE.
符碧真指出，美國大學功能不同，標準就隨之不同；但我國的大學分類不明，所有大學的學雜費收費標準、教師編制、教師授課時數都依教育部規定，幾乎沒有差別。