{"id":38509,"date":"2009-05-07T21:46:59","date_gmt":"2009-05-08T04:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=38509"},"modified":"2009-05-07T21:46:59","modified_gmt":"2009-05-08T04:46:59","slug":"universities-in-fee-for-ranking-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/05\/universities-in-fee-for-ranking-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"Universities in Fee-for-Ranking Scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wen Ya reports on a university ranking scandal for the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.huanqiu.com\/www\/english\/opinion\/Observer\/2009-05\/429561.html\">Global Times<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Ministry of Education strongly opposes all university rankings, most especially those rankings based on payment of certain \u201cfees\u201d, ministry spokeswoman Xu Mei said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The sharp comments came in response to a recent story that Chengdu University of Technology(CDUT) had possibly paid to climb the \u201cChina university rankings\u201d table compiled by the self-titled \u201cChina University Evaluation Program of Chinese Academy of Management Science\u201d at http:\/\/edu.sina.com.cn\/focus\/utop.html.<\/p>\n<p>The university had invited \u201cprogram director\u201d Wu Shulian to lecture in 2004 and in 2006, a source at the university told the Beijing-based People\u2019s Daily.<\/p>\n<p>After Wu had received his 50,000 yuan \u201cremittance\u201d, the school\u2019s ranking rose from 116 in 2004 to 92 in 2007. It fell to 103 in 2009, People\u2019s Daily reported Tuesday.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wen Ya reports on a university ranking scandal for the Global Times: The Ministry of Education strongly opposes all university rankings, most especially those rankings based on payment of certain \u201cfees\u201d, ministry spokeswoman Xu Mei said Tuesday. 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