Dubbed as "spoon-fed" teaching, the stereotype of one-way dependency education is still deeply rooted in Chinese universities, Chinese educators warned recently. When it comes to communication between teacher and student, there is a big gap between US and Chinese universities under Project 985, a government-run project for founding world-class universities in the country, according to a latest report released by the institute of education under Tsinghua University. "That's why I decided to drop out of a Chinese university after one year of study, and spend another few months at home passing the TOEFL exam and preparing the paperwork for an American university application," a former student surnamed Chen told China Daily on 30 October. Reports China Daily