MCLC: some universities drop English exam req

[Denton, Kirk]

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Subject: some universities drop English exam req
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Source: NYT (3/24/13):
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/25/world/asia/25iht-educbriefs25.html

BRIEFLY: EDUCATION
Chinese Universities Drop English Requirement
By CALVIN YANG

Some top universities in China are no longer requiring an English test as
part of their recruitment exams, according to a report by Xinhua, the
state news agency.

At some universities, engineering and science applicants now are required
to take only mathematics and physics examinations, while arts applicants
will need to take only tests in Chinese and mathematics, Xinhua reported
March 16, the same day that many universities held their own recruitment
examinations.

Those tests take place about three months before official national college
entrance exams.

A Tsinghua enrollment officer, Yu Han, told Xinhua that the English
requirement had been removed to favor students who excelled in their
specific fields of study, and to lighten students’ workloads. — CALVIN YANG