According to Kung Peng-cheng, a former head of the Department of Cultural and Educational Affairs at the Mainland Affairs Council: "Universities in Taiwan offer a far better education than their counterparts on the mainland. The mainland has a communist 'worker, soldier, peasant' ethic, which denigrates intellectuals. And the influence of politics is overwhelming. The foundation for a strong university education system is weak."
「台灣的大學教育品質比大陸好，大陸當局是工農兵出身的傳統，看不起知識份子，文史受政治壓抑太大，基礎薄弱，」多次走訪大陸考察教育市場，曾任陸委會文教處處長的佛光大學校長龔鵬程說。