Is it a good thing that more and more schools are starting to train undergraduates, masters, doctors

Mondo Education Updated on 2024-01-19

Lanzhou University has launched the "Undergraduate Talent Program", which involves 21 colleges and aims to cultivate elite talents. Other universities such as Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, etc., have also launched the training program. Westlake University also included this doctoral degree in its first undergraduate enrollment program. This training model was originally applied to the 8-year undergraduate training of clinical medicine, and later expanded to other specialties of medical education, and has now become a training model generally accepted by medical education at home and abroad. The Ministry of Education has launched the training plan for top-notch students in basic disciplines2The 0 and Strong Foundation Program aims to strengthen the training of undergraduates in basic disciplines, further explore the training mode of combined undergraduate, master's and doctoral studies, and attract the best students to devote themselves to basic research. Tsinghua University clearly proposed to establish a new model of undergraduate training and realize the overall design of the undergraduate training program, which attracted many universities to follow suit. This doctoral program is suitable for medical majors that have been verified to be cultivated talents, unpopular basic disciplines, and a very small number of top-notch innovative highland majors in colleges and universities. If used properly, it can effectively improve the quality and efficiency of talent trainingHowever, if it is not used properly, it will cause "bad taste". In addition to becoming a "bargaining chip" for high-scoring students, the majors that implement comprehensive training are often concentrated in information science and engineering majors, such as computer science. For this kind of major, the significance of through-training is to improve students' comprehensive quality and application ability, rather than just pursuing academic profundity. Overall, this is an effective training model, but it needs to be used correctly. If it is used in the wrong place or overemphasized, it will lose its true meaning and value.

Doctoral students face a second choice in the academic stream, who will be in the arms of civil engineering, who will love management, who will dedicate themselves to computers, and the final priority depends on the "face" of the grades. If you don't work hard, you are likely to be "hard diverted" to a major you don't like, which is somewhat contrary to the "free choice of major" that colleges and universities promised at the beginning, and people can't help but sigh the feeling of "being fooled".

Some colleges and universities stipulate that if a student fails a course or has a GPA of less than 3 during his undergraduate studies0, will lose the qualification of direct doctoral degree, can only graduate as an undergraduate. Some schools, such as Huazhong University of Science and Technology, stipulate that if students fail the course and have a weighted score of less than 80, they will also be shunted to ordinary classes. However, even if these students are shunted to regular classes, the latter may not be willing to accept them. The second-level colleges are also holding back a lot of energy in their hearts, they think that it is not fair for the school to set up a "special zone" for talent training, and even some students who are shunted may not be able to keep up with the progress of ordinary classes. Most of China's colleges and universities adopt the "3+5" model, with the first 3 years of bachelor's degree and the last 5 years of direct doctoral or master's and doctoral studiesor the "4+4" model, the first 4 years of undergraduate, the last 4 years of direct doctoral or master's and doctoral studies. In the second half of the Ph.D., there were many students who postponed their graduation, and "the ideal and reality of saving time for Ph.D. studies are not necessarily the same thing." At this crossroads of academic diversion, PhD students are faced with difficult choices, they must strive to maintain their choice in the fierce competition, and at the same time, they must also face the difficulties and challenges that may arise in the future.

Early selection is like sowing seeds too early, and before the momentum of its growth has been accumulated enough, it is already facing the moment of blooming, which will overdraw people's desire to struggle. If we only use grades as a yardstick and do not value students' efforts and achievements in other areas, it is like focusing only on the color of a flower and ignoring its fragrance. Giving students places before they are struggling can be an obstacle to their struggle. Just as too generous charity can lead to a loss of morale. On the road to pursuing dreams, every challenge is a trial, and every trial is a growth. However, as long as they do not fail the subject and meet the grade point standard, whether it is in club activities or innovation competitions, students can choose to retreat, because the bottom-line thinking has made them lose the courage to face challenges. In the current system design, the training model of this doctoral program is intended to accelerate the cultivation of high-quality research talents. However, if there is vicious competition in the recruitment process, the relevant authorities must step up efforts to stop this behavior. At the same time, in order to prevent the disorderly expansion of the training scale of this doctoral program, the bottom line of enrollment should be clarified as soon as possible. There were 10 places in the admission brochure, but before the exams, the students found that only 1 place was competitive. This situation can easily trigger public opinion similar to Baoyan. Especially during the epidemic, the road to go abroad was blocked, and the road to research was blocked, and similar emotions were more likely to be amplified. Therefore, we should re-examine the current admissions system and think about how to better stimulate students' fighting spirit and let them move forward on the road to pursue their dreams.

A number of colleges and universities, including Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing Jiaotong University, etc., have placed their bachelor's degree in the School of Future Technology, emphasizing interdisciplinary and cultivating top-notch innovative talents. Keeping students at the university is at odds with nurturing top-notch innovative talents. Lu Xiaodong's group analyzed 2,495 samples and found that only 191% of academicians received undergraduate and postgraduate education at the same institution, and the remaining 809% of the academicians have inter-university mobility experience. "This proves that heterogeneity of academic affiliation is of key value to the growth of top-notch innovative talents. ”

Students need to meet a variety of tutors and classmates in an ever-changing environment, absorbing foreign ideas like a sponge and stimulating their own creativity. Rather than being confined to one university and gradually sinking into the quagmire of burnout. The solidified environment will make students like frogs at the bottom of the well, and successful and authentic education should open students' eyes and let them know that excellent tutors are in, the frontier is in, and the problems are in. In terms of system design, although some colleges and universities have added links such as visiting students, "the academic challenge of visiting students for half a year or one year is too small, and it is not enough for cultivating top-notch innovative talents." Does the other party's ** device let you use it?Did you really take on an important role in the research group?When the real challenge comes, you won't hold back because there is a way out......These are the keys to the success or failure of the visitor. ”

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