China now has more than 1,900 institutions of higher learning, nearly double the number in 2000.Close to 19 million students are enrolled, a sixfold jump in one decade.

• 李依然（音译）是刘的高中同学，正值风华正茂的18岁，他说在他们“杨村（音译）一中”有超过1/4的高三学生是复读生。