The costs of post-secondary education in Taiwan rose 167 % over the past ten years, while the number of post-secondary schools mushroomed from 50 to over 150. Government education budgets have lagged far behind school growth and, not surprisingly, schools have experienced financial strain, making tuition and fee hikes unavoidable.
事實上，十年來，台灣高等學校教育經費增加了 167％，只是大學院校卻也同時從五十所大幅增加至一百五十多所，政府預算編列遠不及大學院校的擴張速度，各大學經費自然出現短絀，學雜費的調高，也就勢在必行。