The Chronicle of Higher Education
WORLD BEAT

Chinese College Enrollments Surge to Record Level

By PAUL MOONEY

A record 20 million students enrolled in Chinese colleges in 2004, giving the country the largest college-student population in the world.

Enrollment rose sharply in the fall, with 4.2 million freshmen accepted by colleges around the country -- double the number of students in the 1998 freshman class.

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