Education cannot be made merely to narrowly serve the economy. Yet in reality, "the reason most parents are willing to pay to put their children through university is certainly not that they hope they will become passionate seekers after truth, but to enable them to find good careers," says Providence University president Li Chia-tung bluntly.
教育不能「窄化」成只為經濟服務，但現實的狀況是，「大部分家長之所以肯花錢讓孩子來念大學，絕不是希望孩子以後熱中於真理的追求，而是為了使孩子將來能找到好職業」，靜宜大學校長李家同明白地說。