China’s universities cut 12,000 ‘obsolete’ degrees amid race to embrace AI era (opens in new tab)

China’s universities are undertaking a massive reshuffling of their academic offerings as part of a drive to better align higher education with the nation’s development goals – culling thousands of so-called obsolete degrees in favour of new, tech-focused programmes. The sweeping campaign comes as China races to become a global leader in a slew of hi-tech “future industries” and solve a severe graduate jobs crisis, which has left millions of young people struggling to find work. Between 2021 ...