What Is a College Degree Worth in China

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1、WhatIsaCollegeDegreeWorthinChina?WhymanyChinesegraduatesareunabletocapitalizeon（运用）theireducation,whilewagesforlow-skillworkersrise.HighTestScores,LowAbilityUpdatedDecember4,2010,12:53AMYongZhaoistheUniversityDistinguishedProfessor（特聘教授）intheCollegeofEducationatMichiganStateUnivers

2、ity.Theauthorof"CatchingUporLeadingtheWay:AmericanEducationintheAgeofGlobalization（全球化）,"heoftenblogsabouteducationissues.There'safrustratingparadox（悖论）inChineseeducation.Ontheonehand,millionsofcollegegraduatescannotfindajob--atleastadesirablejobthatpayssubstantially（实质上）morethanwh

3、atamigrantworker（外来工）makes.Ontheotherhand,businessesthatwanttopayalotmorecan'tseemtofindqualifiedemployees.AMcKinseystudyfoundthatfewerthan10percentofChinesegraduatesareconsideredsuitabletoworkatmultinational（跨国的）companiesbasedinChina.MultinationalcompaniesinChinaarehavingadifficul

4、ttimefindingqualifiedcandidates（合资格人员）fortheirpositions.AccordingtoarecentsurveyofU.S.-ownedenterprises（企业）conductedbytheAmericanChamberofCommerceinShanghai,37percentofthecompaniesthatrespondedsaidthatfindingtalentwastheirbiggestoperational（运作的）problem.AseparatestudybyMcKinseyQuart

5、erlyfoundthat44percentoftheexecutives（高管）inChinesecompaniesreportedthatinsufficient（不充足的）talentwasthebiggestbarriertotheirglobalambitions.Theexplanation:atest-orientededucationalenvironment.Chinainventedthekeju（科举）system,whichusedteststoselectgovernmentofficials.Itwasagreatinventio

6、nbecauseitenabledtalentsfromacrossthesocietytojointherulingclass（统治阶级）regardlessoftheirfamilybackgrounds.Hence（因此）,agreatmeritocracy（英才教育制度）couldbecreated.ButitevolvedintoanightmareforChinaasthesystemgraduallychangedintoonethattestedmemorizationofConfucianclassics.AssociatedPressTe

7、acherssortingcollegeentranceexamsinChengdu,SichuanProvince,inJune2009.KejuisdeadnowbutitsspiritisveryaliveinChinatoday,intheformofgaokao,ortheCollegeEntranceExam.It'stheonlyexamthatmatterssinceitdetermineswhetherstudentscanattendcollegeandwhatkindofcollegestheycanattend.Becauseofit

8、slife-determiningnature,ga