De Sheng-tong remarked that while there are more than 100 colleges and universities in Taiwan, most students come out of them with little besides their diplomas. He stated that Taiwanese students 'language skills lag behind those of students in Singapore, Hong Kong and Shanghai, and cited this as their most egregious failing.
戴勝通指出，台灣有一百多所大專院校，但培育出來的多是「文憑人才」而非「務實的學生」，尤其是語言能力，台北居新加坡、香港、上海之後。