A special responsibility As the student movement generation began to make its mark felt in politics, the Democratic Progressive Party won power for the first time. Lacking a reserve of experienced public officials, the DPP naturally turned to academia, and of course the professors at NTU were at the front of the line.
士不可不弘毅，任重而道遠當以台大人為主的學運世代逐步在政壇崛起，首次取得執政權的民進黨，由於需才孔急，不得不向校園借將，貴為第一學府的台大教授自然被列為首選。