"The government is looking at the big picture. Since other countries recognize mainland academic credentials, we cannot keep a closed mind," says Ho Jow-fei, director-general of the Department of Higher Education at the ROC Ministry of Education. Right now the controversy is over the uneven quality of the huge number of mainland colleges and universities, and in particular over which schools and which departments should be recognized.
「政府希望站在制高點思考，既然其他國家都承認大陸學歷，我們不能再有封閉性想法，」教育部高教司長何卓飛說，目前爭議在，大陸大學多，水準參差不齊，到底要先採認哪幾所大學、哪些科系、台生是否可以「溯及既往」等？