{"id":8433,"date":"2006-07-15T07:11:09","date_gmt":"2006-07-15T14:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2006\/07\/15\/university-head-says-chinas-academic-ethics-at-rock-bottom\/"},"modified":"2009-01-30T12:12:05","modified_gmt":"2009-01-30T19:12:05","slug":"university-head-says-chinas-academic-ethics-at-rock-bottom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2006\/07\/university-head-says-chinas-academic-ethics-at-rock-bottom\/","title":{"rendered":"University head says China’s academic ethics at rock bottom"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nFrom The People’s Daily:\n<\/p>\n
\nPresidents of leading Chinese universities on Friday blasted the country’s rampant academic misconduct, blaming a ridiculous research assessment system and declining ethical standards.<\/p>\n
“Overall academic ethics have hit rock bottom,” Zhu Qingshi, president of Chinese Science and Technology University<\/a>, told Chinese and foreign university heads in Shanghai for the week-long University Presidents Forum.<\/p>\n
He said most Chinese postgraduates were so desperate to fill the quota of published theses that they often missed opportunities to conduct research.<\/p>\n
Many Chinese universities require their postgraduates to publish a requisite number of research papers in academic journals to qualify for a masters or a doctoral degree. [Full Text]<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n