Major reform as 600 universities become polytechnics
In a bid to reduce the huge number of university graduates with similar academic degrees competing with each other for the same jobs, China Ministry of Education announced the decision to turn 600 of the country’s general universities into polytechnics in 2014. In a “gradual transition” to the dual system, the new applied institutions would focus on training engineers, senior technicians and other highly skilled workers rather than pursuing overly academic, highly theoretical studies.
Source: University World News
URL: http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20140612080509913
