A surge in the number of postgraduate students is piling pressure on China’s PhD supervisors. Studies show that the number of postgraduate students has doubled in the past decade, China Daily reported, and education insiders have raised concerns that supervisors are struggling to cope. Universities planned to recruit 584,000 postgraduates in 2012, compared with 268,000 in 2003, according to China’s Ministry of Education. Although ministry data show that the number of postgraduate supervisors has also risen, from 128,000 in 2003 to 260,000 in 2010, university insiders say they are now responsible for more students, which is affecting quality.
Source: Times Higher Education http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=421641&c=1