Wang Yuan-sheng concedes that the inability to award degrees limits a school's drawing power, and says that he was once considering the option of operating under the wing of East China Normal University, but the other side wanted to maintain control over funds and the appointment of instructors. "They wanted to take our money and have carte blanche as to how to spend it."
汪元生坦承，無法發文憑的非學歷機構，對學生的吸引力確實不夠，他也曾經考慮過「掛靠」在華東師範大學之下，但中方要管財務、管師資聘用，「等於出錢由他們玩。」