In 1950, Chang recognized a need for University facilities for the flood of students who likewise returned to the Republic of China on Taiwan from mainland China.
大陸淪陷後，來台青年遽增，當時台灣僅有一所大學和三所學院，許多有志向學的青年就學無門。張驚聲見此情形，興起辦學的意念，乃將家中資財全數捐出，創立淡水英專。