In my blog, a netizen commented: "I don't think this is desirable." What can this reform change? Self-enrollment, self-issuance of degree diplomas, to put it bluntly, the power of the school is too great. Too much means that poor supervision will fail. Needless to say, there will be a phenomenon of buying diplomas with money soon. Of course, reform is needed, but the country should be slowly reformed. " Some netizens said, "South University of Science and Technology is seeking its own death, and the students who apply for it are also seeking their own death. At least this is the current environment. You can't joke about your four years of youth. "
To sum up, netizens' opinions of throwing cold water include three aspects: First, they are worried about the future of students in South University of Science and Technology, and the country does not recognize academic qualifications, and there are risks in the future; The second is to worry about running a school in South University of Science and Technology. If I "talk to myself", will the Ministry of Education stop? Third, I am worried about the diploma management in our country. If every school issues its own diplomas, diplomas will not be everywhere, and diplomas will be even less valuable! Moreover, buying and selling diplomas must be popular, and there is no fairness.
I wonder if these netizens have rationally analyzed the three problems corresponding to the above three aspects before throwing cold water on them. First, there are 29.7 million students enrolled in higher education in China today. The gross enrollment rate of higher education reaches 24.2%, and more than 6 million students graduate every year. These students all hold nationally recognized academic qualifications, but at least 30% couldn't find jobs that year (this is official data). Is this also a risk for people who blindly believe that the state recognizes academic qualifications? In addition, China University has a nationally recognized degree. Why do more than 200,000 students study abroad every year to get degrees from other countries instead of the government?
Second, China's higher education has always been obedient. School leaders are appointed by government departments, and schools are basically run according to notices and documents. Report every step. The last round of five-year undergraduate teaching evaluation made a lot of noise. The public has witnessed the decline in the quality of talent training in universities, and pointed out that the reason lies in the fact that universities have no autonomy in running schools, and the educational administration is homogeneous. Why is a school "disobedient"?
Thirdly, there is a way to describe the talent evaluation of our society as an "academic society", which only looks at academic qualifications and does not look at ability. In recent years, many officials and bosses have gone to universities to study for master's and doctor's degrees, which has led to the proliferation of true and false diplomas. The reason is that the diploma is valuable and the ability is useless. When you get a diploma, you will have the weight of promotion and a symbol of status. The diploma is valuable because of its "national recognition" background. Now there is no "national recognition", what chips can the school exchange? Isn't this the "ability society" we long for?
In a word, the school's "self-enrollment and self-conferring degrees" hit the "soft spot" of China's current education system-it is useful to enter a higher school, but useless to study, administrative education and "learning" and "academic complex", which makes education return to the standard. In essence, this is not a reform, but a school that truly becomes a school and runs schools according to basic educational laws.
Internationally, China is one of the few countries whose university degrees are recognized by the state and whose students' diplomas are stamped with the seal of the Ministry of Education. In most countries, universities enroll students independently, teach independently and award degrees independently. Educated people care about the quality of education they get, and the value of academic qualifications is recognized by society. Some universities don't even grant academic qualifications at all, which not only reflects the autonomy of running schools, but also reflects the value of education itself.
Of course, I understand what netizens don't understand. After all, I have been immersed in the educational planning system for a long time, and I am used to analyzing whether a university is formal or informal according to the academic qualifications recognized by the state, and I am also used to evaluating talents with academic qualifications. I don't know what will happen without a "nationally recognized" degree. However, netizens should pay attention to the fact that if we don't want all the "nationally recognized" academic qualifications to become a piece of waste paper when the gross enrollment rate of higher education reaches 40% (the education development goal in 2020), so that our university will be completely hollowed out under the protection of the so-called "nationally recognized" and lose everything when competing with foreign universities whose diplomas have never been uniformly issued by the state, we must think carefully and rationally: China University.
Education reform is far away from us, and it is also very close. Every citizen should think rationally about education reform, which is also the power to promote education reform in China. Fortunately, the enrollment consultation meeting of South University of Science and Technology is still hot, which shows that although there are risks and confusion on the road to reform, South University of Science and Technology is not alone. These parents and students who are willing to experiment in Conan University have written the history of education reform in China.
□ Xiong Bingqi