After the national college entrance exam, when students try to get admitted to a college, some universities adopted novel methods to attract admission seekers. For example, the Renmin University of China has posted the photograph of an attractive young woman graduate. Although the huge number of hits the website generated caused it to crash, posting stunning portraits on a homepage is a creative way of attracting admission seekers, says an article on xinhuanet.com. Excerpts:

Some netizens have criticized the tricks used by some universities to attract admission seekers, saying the posting of beautiful women's photographs on their websites is an attempt to "seduce" students, which goes against the spirit of education.

But there is nothing wrong in posting photographs of beautiful students on universities' websites. In the past, Chinese universities had a rigid, stereotype habit of posting photographs of landscapes or students' good wishes on their homepages. So the change in their practice should be welcome.

Despite the criticism of some netizens, no student will choose a university on the basis of the photograph of a stunning beauty on its website. Students today are well informed about the quality of universities' faculties, environment and curricula, and their decisions are based on them.

The use of stunning women's or men's photographs on universities' homepages is just to attract more hits on the websites and not to dupe students, because students interested in finding more information know where and how to get them.

Admittedly, admitting promising students may be a good start for a university. But in the end, it has to provide a sound environment for students to gather knowledge and succeed in life to meet their demands.