Greater say for universities in own affairs can help graduates suit the job market

ZHENG QIANG, president of Guizhou University in Southwest China's Guizhou province and a deputy to the National People's Congress, has called for more and better universities to be built up in China to develop more talent. However, the poor employment records of some existing universities should be addressed first, said Beijing Youth Daily on Tuesday:

For some educational authorities, the difficulties some university graduates face in getting a job is hardly a pressing problem, because in comparison with China's total population, university students are a minority.

Less than 1-in-10 of the mainland's population have a college degree or above, while, in comparison, about 4-in-10 have at least a bachelor's degree in the United States. That partly justifies China's educational authorities' determination to expand the enrollment of college students.