Tsun Ts'ing-lee, school chairman, notes that the Extension School provides the growing number of people on Taiwan seeking to continue their education with an opportunity to pursue their interests on a part-time basis.
該部主任李俊清表示，東吳成立教育推廣單位，係鑑於社會變遷快速，知識與訊息的傳遞日新月異，應該提供有志進修的社會人士，一個能有系統吸收新知的場所，乃決定以學校既有的設備與師資，辦理大學推廣教育。