What fresh ways of thinking have they fostered? Serving as cradles of talent, these programs 'waxing and waning reflects the direction of higher education, and, more broadly, industrial trends, social needs and student values. They are a key to future national competitiveness and deserve proper attention.
在培育人才的搖籃中，系所消長反映的是我國高等教育發展的方向，也是產業變遷、社會需求和價值觀的改變，更是未來國家競爭力的關鍵所繫，不能等閒視之。