野雞大學 (yejidaxue): Bogus college

Recently the media exposed a list of bogus colleges that includes 210 domestic colleges that are not eligible for enrollment or involve illegal enrollment and Internet fraud, which has drawn wide public concern.

The unreasonable pursuit of education certificates has given rise to these diploma mills. On the one hand, because of the expansion of college enrollment in recent years, more and more graduates have bachelor's and master's degrees, and competition in the job market has become increasingly fierce, and employers have paid more and more attention to education background of potential employees.

On the other hand, many companies equate degrees with working competence, which further strengthens diploma-oriented recruitment in the job market. Applicants without a college diploma have no hope of a job interview with some companies.

The salary of employees with a higher educational background is generally higher than those with a lower level educational background.

Under such circumstances, students and their parents pay extraordinary attention to certificates and are very likely to be defrauded by diploma mills.

To eliminate bogus colleges and fake diplomas, employers should realize people's competence cannot be evaluated simply by their level of education, and they should establish a more comprehensive and reasonable talent assessment mechanism. Moreover, students and their parents should stop regarding higher education as the only channel to success.