A recent audit at Dickinson State University in the United States will have made uncomfortablereading for parents in China.瀵逛簬涓浗瀛︾敓瀹堕暱浠潵璇达紝涓€浠戒簬杩戞棩鍏竷鐨勯拡瀵圭編鍥界媱鍏嬫．宸炵珛澶у鐨勫鏌ユ姤鍛婂皢浠や粬浠劅鍒颁笉瀹夈€?/p>

Over the last four years, the college in North Dakota had issued diplomas to 400 foreign students despite their failure to complete the required coursework.杩囧幓鍥涘勾涓紝杩欐墍浣嶄簬缇庡浗鍖楄揪绉戜粬宸炵殑瀛﹀簻涓紝鏈?00鍚嶇暀瀛︾敓鍦ㄦ湭鑳藉畬鎴愬繀淇绋嬬殑鏉′欢锛屽嵈浠嶇劧鎷垮埌浜嗗ぇ瀛︽枃鍑€?/p>

Roughly 95 percent of these students were Chinese.鍏朵腑锛屽ぇ绾︽湁95%涓轰腑鍥界暀瀛︾敓銆?/p>

It was just one of several controls "waived or intentionally overridden or ignored" by DSU, which has again cast a spotlight on the risks families face in paying out huge sums to have their children educated overseas.杩欎粎浠呮槸鐙勫厠妫窞绔嬪ぇ瀛﹀湪绠＄悊鐩戠潱鏂归潰鐨勬紡娲炰箣涓€锛屽浜庤繖浜涙紡娲烇紝璇ユ牎“鎴栫疆涔嬩笉鐞嗭紝鏀句换鑷祦锛屾垨鏈夋剰鎺╅グ”銆傝繖涓€浜嬩欢锛屼篃浣夸汉浠叧娉ㄧ殑鐩厜鍐嶆鎶曞悜閭ｄ簺鏀粯楂樻槀璐圭敤閫佸瓙濂崇暀瀛︾殑瀹跺涵鎵€闈复鐨勭绉嶉闄╀箣涓娿€?/p>

Such investments often create what sociologists call "the new urban poor".姝ょ被鐨勭暀瀛︽姇璧勯€氬父閮戒細瀵艰嚧绀句細瀛﹀鍙ｄ腑鎵€璋撶殑“鏂板煄甯傝传姘?rdquo;鐨勪骇鐢熴€?/p>

"Parents are surrendering their last resources to wager them on a child's future by sending them abroad," said Lao Kaisheng, an education policy researcher at Capital Normal University. "If these children don't get the decent jobs and the salary that is expected, their parents will naturally be sucked into poverty."棣栭兘甯堣寖澶у鏁欒偛鏀跨瓥鐮旂┒鍛樺姵鍑０琛ㄧず锛?ldquo;瀹堕暱鑺卞厜鎵€鏈夌Н钃勯€佸瓙濂冲嚭鍥芥槸鍦ㄦ嬁閽辫祵瀛╁瓙鐨勬槑澶┿€傚鏋滃瀛愪滑鎵句笉鍒颁綋闈㈢殑宸ヤ綔銆佹病鏈夐鏈熺殑鏀跺叆锛岄偅涔堝闀胯嚜鐒跺氨韬櫡璐洶銆?rdquo;

The desire to send offspring to schools overseas has existed for decades, although today it is largely fueled by the belief that it gives youngsters an advantage in the tough domesticemployment market.杩欑鐖舵瘝杩垏鎯宠閫佸瓙濂冲嚭鍥芥繁閫犵殑鎯呭喌宸插瓨鍦ㄤ簡鍑犲崄骞寸殑鏃堕棿浜嗭紝鍙笉杩囧浠婏紝瀹堕暱璁や负鍑哄浗鐣欏鑳借瀛╁瓙鍦ㄧ珵浜夋縺鐑堢殑鍥藉唴灏变笟甯傚満鍗犳嵁浼樺娍锛屽洜姝わ紝杩欑鎯虫硶灏辨剤婕旀剤鐑堜簡銆?/p>

However, not many Chinese families have enough saved in the bank to cover the tuition fees andaccommodation and living expenses. Instead, many are choosing to take on massive debt at acritical time in their own life.鐒惰€岋紝鍙湁灏戞暟鐨勪腑鍥藉搴湁瓒冲鐨勭Н钃勬潵鏀粯瀛﹁垂銆佷綇瀹胯垂鍙婄敓娲昏垂銆傚緢澶氬闀夸細閫夋嫨鍦ㄨ嚜宸变汉鐢熺殑鍏抽敭鏃跺埢鑳岃礋楂橀鍊哄姟銆?/p>

It is a gamble, experts say, and the stakes are high.涓撳绉帮紝杩欏氨鏄竴鍦洪闄╁緢楂樼殑璧屽崥銆?/p>

"People need to think over the input and potential output, as well as the risks that any investment brings," said Zhang Jianbai, who runs a private school in Yunnan province.浜戝崡涓€鎵€绉佺珛瀛︽牎鏍￠暱寮犲仴鏌?闊宠瘧)琛ㄧず锛?ldquo;浜轰滑闇€瑕佷紒涓氫粩缁嗚€冭檻璧勯噾鎶曞叆銆佹綔鍦ㄥ洖鎶ヤ互鍙婅繖椤规姇璧勬墍甯︽潵鐨勯闄┿€?rdquo;

He said that parents in small cities across his southwestern province, many of whom earn just 2,000 yuan a month, often sell their apartments to fund their children's study overseas.浠栬锛屽湪浜戝崡瑗垮崡閮ㄧ殑寰堝灏忓煄甯傞噷锛屽緢澶氭湀鏀跺叆鍙湁2000鍏冪殑瀹堕暱閫氬父浼氶€夋嫨鍗栨帀鎴垮瓙鏉ヨ祫鍔╁瓙濂冲嚭鍥界暀瀛︺€?/p>

"Those who are now suffering trouble or financial difficulties would not have been in this position had they chosen a more suitable way to educate their children," he added.浠栬繕琛ㄧず锛?ldquo;濡傛灉杩欎簺瀹堕暱鑳藉閫夋嫨涓€绉嶆洿鎭板綋鐨勬柟寮忔潵鏁欒偛瀛愬コ锛岄偅涔堜粬浠氨涓嶄細鍍忕幇鍦ㄨ繖鏍烽櫡鍏ラ伃閬囧洶澧冿紝閬亣缁忔祹鍗辨満銆?rdquo;