Furthermore, according to Yang Shih-chien's conception, in the future it should be possible for faculty's relations with industry to be considered in their performance appraisals, so that professors can freely do research and development work for industry, or even go into industry themselves. Yet they would still be able to return to academia after two or three years without having to worry about losing their tenure.
不僅如此，在楊世緘的構想裡，未來教授和產業界的關係也可以列入考績，教授可以大大方方地替產業做研發，甚至自己「下海」去從事產業活動，兩、三年後依然可以再回到學術界，不必擔心就此丟了鐵飯碗。