Doctoral programs in the economics of education should incorporate and increase literature reading，which should include both the mainstream literature and researches on the frontier.Doctoral students should be prepared for their dissertation research by studying and understanding significant results in the literature of economics of education.Such an approach allows students not only to learn and digest progresses made in the literature，but also to be familiar with the methodology and research techniques.Doctoral programs should increase the training on the core theory and methodology of economics，and reinforce the interaction between economics and education.