University president Chen Shi-shuenn, the instigator of this alternative criterion for career advancement, admits it was not an easy task to implement the system amid the university's conservative academic tradition. He spent a long time before he managed to convince the institution's old-school powers-that-be to agree to it. "Design instructors need to concentrate on creating.
改變師資升等方式的推手、台科大校長陳希舜坦言，要在校風樸實保守的台科大推動「以創作代替論文」並非易事，他花了相當長的時間，才說服校內保守派勢力在校務會議上點頭同意。