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>This is good policy. Chinese students in particular seem to have terrible english language skills. An American with the same communication skills would never b
by gruez 10mo ago
>This is good policy. Chinese students in particular seem to have terrible english language skills. An American with the same communication skills would never be admitted to a flagship university for undergrad, let alone grad school.
Surely there are better ways of dealing with this than banning an entire country? A standardized English test doesn't seem too hard to administer, for instance, and would have the benefit of being applicable to other countries.
>I'm not sure how these Chinese students are gaming the system to get admitted, but I'm glad someone is finally doing something about it.
So you're not even sure what the problem is, but you're okay with banning it? That dumber than banning them because they might be CCP spies or whatever. At least that vaguely makes sense and there are isn't really a mitigation (there's no standardized tests for non-CCP spies, for instance).
- arijun 10mo ago> So you're not even sure what the problem is, but you're okay with banning it? They are claiming that those students are under-qualified either way. They only don’t know if they are “gaming the system” or it’s just a regular failure of the system. > A standardized English test doesn't seem too hard to administer I’ve seen a lot of claims of rampant cheating in China. Perhaps gp who doesn’t seem to have a high opinion of Chinese students would worry about cheating in a standardized test?
- gruez 10mo ago>I’ve seen a lot of claims of rampant cheating in China. Perhaps gp who doesn’t seem to have a high opinion of Chinese students would worry about cheating in a standardized test? I don't know, the Chinese seem to do a good enough job keeping cheating under control in their college entrance exams (gaokao) such that most families spend their resources on tutors and cramming rather than bribes. Worst case scenario, require tests to be done on US soil. I'm sure someone paying $50k+/yr tuition for 4 years can afford a $500 flight to hawaii for their tests.