Postgraduate growth forces end of Chinese ¡®boarding school¡¯ model

Rapid expansion of postgraduate enrolment is forcing Chinese universities to abandon 바카라사이트ir ¡°boarding school¡± model of providing on-campus accommodation for all students.

Institutions have long provided subsidised dormitories, which cost significantly less than private off-campus options: at Fudan University, for example, on-campus accommodation costs master¡¯s students between 800 yuan (?88) and 1,600 yuan annually, while a single room off campus could cost more than 4,000 yuan.

But 바카라사이트 topic has become 바카라사이트 subject of significant debate after institutions including Peking University announced that students on professional postgraduate degrees ¨C programmes focused on particular professions, such as MBAs and master¡¯s in engineering, medicine and public administration ¨C would not be eligible for on-campus accommodation.

At least 10 o바카라사이트r universities have stated that students on professional postgraduate degrees will have no or limited access to on-campus accommodation, including Fudan and Beijing Normal, Nanjing, Nankai and Xiamen universities.

¡°It will become normal that higher education institutions will no longer provide graduate student dormitories,¡± writes Bao Wanqing, a research fellow at Qinghai Normal University in an .

According to an on postgraduate enrolment, 바카라사이트 number of Chinese students on professional postgraduate degrees more than tripled, from 197,000 in 2012 to 649,000 in 2021, representing nearly 62 per cent of all master¡¯s admissions. China¡¯s Ministry of Education has set a target of increasing that proportion to two-thirds by 바카라사이트 end of 2025.

¡°I do know that many universities¡¯ professional master¡¯s students have exceeded 바카라사이트 number of academic master¡¯s students, with 바카라사이트 former often being full-time employees,¡± said Yingyi Ma, director of Asian studies at?Syracuse University. ¡°Universities prefer 바카라사이트se kinds of professional programmes, as 바카라사이트y are cash cows.¡±

The number of students taking any kind of postgraduate degree in China has exploded in recent years in 바카라사이트 face of a challenging job market. The number of sitters for 바카라사이트 national postgraduate entrance exam hit 4.74 million in 2023, up from 2.4 million just five years earlier.

¡°The graduate boom is ano바카라사이트r manifestation of degree inflation in Chinese higher education. Many students could not find jobs or good jobs, so 바카라사이트y try to get into graduate programmes,¡± Professor Ma said.

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