Shanghai education officials are aggressively pushing university professors to teach classes for *undergraduate students. They are making it a *mandatory requirement for all professors and providing more *incentives to those who teach more low-level classes, according to a report in paper.cn. Observers said that the new rules are aimed at improving the quality of undergraduate education, based on the belief that *full-fledged professors, with advanced knowledge of their fields and more resources at their disposal, can do a better job educating young students. The new rules also reflect increasing concerns that the quality of Chinese undergraduate education may be on the decline.