August 3, 2007

China to Increase Scrutiny of Foreign Degree Providers

By PAUL MOONEY

China's Ministry of Education is warning local governments around the country about "a few obvious problems" within the growing number of foreign educational programs in China, and is promising increased scrutiny and oversight of those ventures.

In an April memorandum, "The Notice on Regulating the Standard of Cooperation of Chinese and Foreign Educational Programs," the ministry criticized what it saw as the poor quality, high cost, and lack of oversight of some foreign degree

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