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Barra used a graph showing that China produces more college degrees to draw the conclusion that China is "more educated" than the United States. It'd be helpfu
by pscsbs 13y ago
Barra used a graph showing that China produces more college degrees to draw the conclusion that China is "more educated" than the United States.
It'd be helpful to see college degrees conferred per capita before drawing this conclusion, as a country with 4.3x the population will obviously produce more degrees.
EDIT: In fact, it looks like China has about 8 million degrees conferred at last count, and the US about 3 million. Given the population multiplier, China seems to be far behind the US per capita.
- msvan 13y agoThe average quality of Chinese higher education is also lower. The top schools/students are of course good, but the long tail of subpar education is longer than it is in the US. Source: I've lived in China. That's not to say it will always be that way, though.
- seanmcdirmid 13y agoEven PKU and Qinghua aren't that great; its the quality of the students coming in that saves them.
- msvan 13y agoThe average quality of Chinese higher education is also lower. The top schools/students are of course good, but the long tail of subpar education is longer than it is in the US. Source: I've lived in China. That's not to say it will always be that way, though.