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Rural students fall to under 30% at CAU
农大农村新生不足三成

Rural students view going to university as an opportunity to get out of the countryside.

The percentage of new students at China Agricultural University who are from rural areas have dropped to under 30 percent for the first time, Beijing News reported.

据《新京报》报道，中国农业大学今年大一新生中，农村户籍生源十年来首次跌破三成。

The number has been above 30 percent since 2002, said Zhou Xufeng, head of CAU's admissions office. But for the coming school year, rural students account for 28 percent of new enrollers.

农大招办主任周旭峰表示，2002年至2010年，该校本科新生中农村户籍学生的比例一直稳定在30%以上。而今年农村户籍学生比例只有28%。

Zhou said that rural students may not be interested in CAU because they view going to university as an opportunity to get out of the countryside, a goal that an education in agriculture may impede.

(China.org.cn August 23, 2011)

周旭峰分析，在很多农村学生心中，考大学是为跳出农村，而学农业相关专业可能会对此不利。