Colleges need to show courage

Colleges and universities must show some courage to take up the challenge of handling the bleak job situation instead of fabricating rates of unemployment, says an article on the website www.gmw.cn. The following is an excerpt:

A Beijing-based university recently adopted a novel countermeasure against the ever-dropping employment rate for college graduates. They asked parents to use their social connections, if any, to help their kids land jobs.

Currently, college students are faced with a gloomy job market, and the country has already taken numerous measures to improve the situation.