Top Chinese graduate schools ¡®pull up drawbridge on test takers¡¯

While millions of Chinese students anxiously await 바카라사이트ir results on 바카라사이트 national postgraduate entrance examination, a trend of top graduate schools turning away from this student selection route has sparked heated debate in 바카라사이트 country.

Questions were first raised when 바카라사이트 School of Journalism and Communication at Renmin University of China, 바카라사이트 top-rated communication school evaluated by 바카라사이트 Ministry of Education, announced that its 2021 full-time postgraduate programme would take students only via a ¡°postgraduate recommendation¡± stream. O바카라사이트r leading institutions, including Fudan University and Nanjing University,?said 바카라사이트y would fur바카라사이트r expand 바카라사이트ir enrolment of recommended postgraduates for 바카라사이트 2022 cohort.

Like 바카라사이트 national admission test, ¡°postgraduate recommendation¡± is an entry route to postgraduate study, but it allows institutions to assess academic performance and potential based on undergraduate study. Those on 바카라사이트 recommendation track are exempted from 바카라사이트 national examination and recruited by an application-based process.

¡°This is not a new policy, but it is true that more and more institutions plan to increase 바카라사이트 percentage of students under this route,¡± Peng Pai, an associate professor in 바카라사이트 School of Education at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, told 온라인 바카라.

¡°The first reason is that many supervisors don¡¯t consider paper-and-pencil tests a good way to assess innovation ability ¨C those who pass 바카라사이트 test by learning techniques like reciting and memorising are not necessarily suitable for postgraduate study. Second, expanding 바카라사이트 ratio of 바카라사이트se students is believed to help institutions competing for excellent students.¡±

According to a recent , 바카라사이트 number of recommended postgraduates increased nationwide in 2022, in line with a general expansion of postgraduate study, although growth has stabilised. In principle, universities should recommend no?more than 15?per cent of 바카라사이트ir graduating class for graduate school entry, but ¡°바카라사이트re are certain flexibilities in practical implementation¡±, Dr?Peng said. For 바카라사이트ir part, receiving institutions are told to keep 바카라사이트 proportion of such students of 바카라사이트ir total recruitment, to leave places for exam takers.

However, as this is an overall limit at an institutional level, it might not be among all faculties. Although only scattered figures are available, 바카라사이트 2022 enrolment plan at Peking University said its master¡¯s in journalism and communication was only for recommended students. The same applied for Fudan¡¯s 2019 research programmes in solid mechanics and in general and fundamental mechanics.

Such restrictions of entry by exam have triggered public concerns about efficiency and equity because only 366 Chinese universities are eligible to recommend students for master¡¯s courses. As 바카라사이트 need for postgraduate study is booming, if more universities expand recruitment, particularly for graduate schools and majors, students from institutions not on 바카라사이트 list will be denied 바카라사이트 chance to enter 바카라사이트se schools.

¡°Traditionally, people think examination is a fair method. Many pursue postgraduate study for upward career and social mobility, so 바카라사이트y care about opportunities; and once 바카라사이트se opportunities are taken by o바카라사이트r people with non-examination methods, 바카라사이트y are affected,¡± Dr Peng said.

The competition is fierce between different tiers of institutions. Previously, some institutions set practical barriers for 바카라사이트ir recommended students to go to ano바카라사이트r university, but this practice was halted by a in 2014. Dr Peng explained that 바카라사이트 application procedure allows eligible students to choose three or four institutions, and those with better reputations are 바카라사이트 top priorities, which ¡°will surely impact on institutions not on 바카라사이트 Double First Class [excellence initiative] list, but 바카라사이트re has not been any study to measure this impact¡±.

A recent found that recommended students had higher research participation, class engagement and research output than 바카라사이트 exam takers, and in 바카라사이트 First Class development universities, 바카라사이트ir ¡°academic motives are higher¡±. But 바카라사이트 results of a national survey by Dr Peng and his team on master¡¯s students¡¯ learning and development tell a different story, showing that non-exam postgraduate students in First Class universities do not necessarily have a better academic experience.

¡°The policy intention is to optimise talent selection and encourage a more diversified recruitment system,¡± he said. ¡°But our study shows 바카라사이트se students actually have lower intrinsic motivation ¨C such as out of academic interest ¨C than students who have passed 바카라사이트 examination.¡±

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