Fastest Growing US Export To China: Education

hackingbear writes "While we are importing billions of 'cheap' products labeled 'Made in China,' the fastest growing export from U.S. to China does not even need a label. Chinese parents are acutely aware that the Chinese educational system focuses too much on rote memorization, so Chinese students have flocked to overseas universities and now even secondary schools, despite the high cost of attending programs in America. Chinese enrollment in U.S. universities rose 23% to 157,558 students during the 2010-2011 academic year, making China by far the biggest foreign presence. Even the daughter of Xi Jinping, the presumed next president of China, studies as an undergraduate at Harvard. This creates opportunities for universities to bring American education directly to China. Both Duke and New York University are building campuses in the Shanghai area to offer full-time programs to students there."

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Not quite. Typical "only can see things from our perspective" bullshit. I thought multiculturalism, as taught in our universities, eliminated this sort of "us first" thinking? Try thinking of another culture's viewpoint for once in your life, and maybe you'll gain some insight.

The kids who go to overseas universities from China failed the gaokao, the Chinese SAT. They couldn't get admitted to a good local university, so their parents bought them a place in a foreign university. Prestige? Laughable. There's no prestige. The Chinese students in American universities don't mix with the [dirty] local students. They keep to themselves, speak Chinese, and the males keep the females in line and don't allow them boyfriends. What about the males taking American girlfriends, you say? Well, let's be honest that American girls are openly racist and will not take any Asian boyfriend (except a few outliers, of course). On the other hand, American males are total losers and try incessantly to take Chinese females as girlfriends - this is why the Chinese males police their own and do not allow mixing. WM/AF couples are openly despised by Western feminists, and running afoul of feminists is not something you want to do on campus, of all places. âoeSorry, white man and Asian woman. You seem like nice enough people, and we accept the general idea of interracial relationships, but your union is wrong because other nice people out there arenâ(TM)t getting together at the same rate you are. Youâ(TM)ve used up your quota. Try again in a year or two.â. Who wants to be on the wrong side of this argument?

The really wrong part comes when the Chinese students fail to perform and it's grading time. What are you going to do, TA? Fail a student who is paying top dollar to attend? No. Absolutely not. The Chinese student will receive the grade he's paying for. What, do the typical "fail 50% of freshmen on general principles" bullshit? No, that's for Americans paying in-state tuition. Fail a few hundred Chinese students, and the word will get around in China that America is not the place to send your failing kids. Hey, if they were actually talented, they would have qualified for a Chinese university in the first place! American universities understand this, and give the grades for which they're being paid. It's a win-win situation for both parties. American universities get to pay for their incredible administration expenses, and Chinese parents get their kid a diploma that he couldn't qualify for in China. What could possibly go wrong?