Top Chinese universities compete for highly qualified students

The Wall Street Journal reported that competition over recruitment practices for top Chinese students has resulted in a public dispute between two of its top universities. Part of the issue is that increasing numbers of top students are also applying to study outside of China. The article raised two additional issues that are perhaps more interesting to those who will work with Chinese students. The first is the educational outcome for students - the article indicated that admitting excellent students shouldn't be the primary focus but instead the focus should be on on producing excellent talent. The second concern was that in general Chinese students have not defined for themselves what they care about and therefore what they are most motivated to study.