BEIJING TO RECRUIT 10,000 MORE FOREIGN STUDENTS
Beijing plans to increase the number of overseas students coming to Beijing by 14% and send more students abroad as well, according to a report in the Global Times, an English-language offshoot of the official Communist Party’s newspaper, the People’s Daily. To attract 10,000 more foreign students this year, Beijing plans “to renovate the curriculum and improve the quality of faculties”. Meanwhile, the government will allocate funds to support economically disadvantaged students and students in needed majors to study abroad. Some 176 Beijing primary and secondary schools, colleges and universities are now empowered to enroll overseas students.
Source: University World News
URL: http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20100507211129874
