Xiaonuo entered Peking University for graduate school, but faced the embarrassing situation of not having a dormitory. As a person from the countryside, she felt tremendous economic pressure. Despite the graduate student subsidy, the cumulative expenditure on tuition and rental costs is as high as 300,000 yuan. This is a heavy burden for Xiaonuo and other families who have already made her parents devote everything to her education. In order to alleviate the pressure on his parents, Xiaonuo can only desperately find a part-time job, and can only barely earn about 3,000 yuan a month. However, her part-time job took up time that she could have spent on her studies, leaving her feeling helpless and confused. Why is there no longer a dormitory for graduate students?This is a widely concerned issue, not only involving many first-class universities such as Peking University, but also a common problem faced by graduate students across the country.
But why don't colleges and universities offer dormitories anymore?Fundamentally, this is due to the expansion of graduate students. In 2017, the number of graduate admissions in the country surged to 80 compared to 199950,000 people, and the total number of graduate students reached 26390,000 people, and the enrollment expansion rate continues to grow. At the same time, the postponement rate of doctoral students is also increasing, further exacerbating the demand for accommodation. However, the dormitory construction of colleges and universities has not been able to keep up. Insufficient financial allocation, concerns about excessive borrowing, and other factors have led to the reluctance of most universities to build their own dormitories. Even if some colleges and universities have built dormitories, most of these funds come from corporate self-funding or public donations, rather than financial allocations. Therefore, universities also believe that adult graduate students do not need to be subject to the strict constraints of the school like children, and should be given full freedom and privacy. However, this argument does not fully hold water. For students from poor families, not being able to get a dormitory means having to face a lot of financial pressure. The cost of a year's accommodation at a public university is only 1,200 yuan, while renting a house in an urban area may cost more than a year's accommodation. For them, it's an unbearable burden.
The impact of not providing group dormitories on graduate students is obvious. First of all, the financial pressure makes graduate students become part-time workers, distracting their energy and time, and affecting the effectiveness of their studies. Graduate students, who were supposed to focus on their studies and research, had to spend more time on part-time jobs to finance their exorbitant rents. Secondly, it also leads to some students from poor families giving up the opportunity to go to graduate school and losing the possibility of further study. Without the support of their dormitories, they could not bear the huge financial pressure, which prevented them from continuing to pursue their academic dreams. Finally, it also makes life more difficult and precarious for graduate students. The increase in the cost of renting and the fierce competition for jobs have caused them great psychological pressure, and they have also been unable to concentrate on their studies.
The shortage of dormitories has led to the question of whether universities should be responsible for the demand for dormitories for graduate studentsIn my opinion, colleges and universities should pay more attention to the needs of students' dormitories and take effective measures to solve the problem. First of all, colleges and universities can increase investment in dormitory construction and provide more accommodation space to meet the normal living needs of students. Secondly, through cooperation with enterprises and social institutions, we can initiate donation activities for dormitory construction and raise funds for dormitory construction. At the same time, colleges and universities can also consider giving corresponding rent subsidies to graduate students to help them solve the problem of high rental costs. In this way, the financial pressure on graduate students can be reduced, allowing them to better focus on their studies and research.
Overall, the shortage of dormitories in schools has brought a series of negative effects to graduate education. Colleges and universities should be responsible for the dormitory needs of graduate students and take appropriate measures to address this issue. Only in this way can we ensure the learning and living conditions of graduate students and promote the healthy development of graduate education.