(Source: "Guangming Daily" 2025-04-01)
The master's degree admissions examination is an important cornerstone of the postgraduate education system. The scientific nature and effectiveness of its talent selection mechanism are directly related to the development quality of postgraduate education and its ability to contribute to economic and social development. In recent years, many universities in my country have successively made optimization and adjustments in the re-examination process of the master's degree admissions examination. This change is an important manifestation of improving the w88 casino ability and achieving high-quality development of postgraduate education.
The focus of the re-examination is on scientific research and w88 casino potential
With the steady improvement of the level of economic development and R&D strength, many areas of my country's scientific and technological w88 casino and industrial development have gradually shifted from "following" to "running parallel" or even "leading". The core work of research teams in various industries is also experiencing a development path from "imitation w88 casino" to "independent w88 casino" to "leading w88 casino". Correspondingly, the job market's overall demand for talents' comprehensive qualities and innovative abilities is also constantly deepening. How to cultivate young talents who are adaptable to technological progress and industrial changes and have innovative potential and innovative thinking has become an important challenge facing the current education system. Various types of postgraduate students independently trained in our country play a key role in the social w88 casino and entrepreneurship system. The master's degree admissions examination is an important way to select high-level research talents. On the basis of the unified proposition written test to assess the professional knowledge level of candidates in the initial examination, the focus of the re-examination has evolved from knowledge memory ability to scientific research and w88 casino potential. This is one of the reform measures for postgraduate training institutions to adapt to the needs of talent training in the new development stage.
The interview session of the postgraduate admissions examination re-examination helps colleges and universities identify the fit between candidates' comprehensive qualities and training goals through dynamic interaction, and optimize the efficiency of talent training and allocation of educational resources. Many design links of the comprehensive interview are closer to the actual scene of scientific research work. Candidates accept questions and answers from the expert group on the spot. The format is similar to thesis defense and project seminars at the postgraduate stage. From multiple dimensions such as the degree of flexible application of knowledge, logical thinking ability and on-the-spot adaptability, it helps the college and tutors to judge more intuitively. In order to determine the academic level, innovative potential and personality traits of candidates, more and more training institutions are reducing the weight of professional written examinations or canceling professional written examinations in the re-examination stage of the master's entrance examination. At the same time, they are increasing the weight of the interview link and adding a response link for scientific research professional ability, forming a three-dimensional ability assessment system with comprehensive interviews as the core. Considering that there are major differences in the knowledge systems of different disciplines and the special nature of postgraduate training in some majors, some admissions units still need to conduct written test assessments during the re-examination stage as a supplementary assessment of the cutting-edge knowledge or research paradigms necessary in this field. Although there are differences in the proportion and main content of written examinations or interviews among various universities, in general, fully exploring and demonstrating candidates' scientific research and w88 casino potential while objectively reflecting professional abilities has become the focus and reform direction of the re-examination of the master's degree admissions examination.
Strengthen classification evaluation and improve the adaptability of re-examination assessment
The parallel classified training model of academic masters and professional masters is an important part of postgraduate education to deepen the integration of science and education, the integration of industry and education, and to support technological w88 casino and industrial upgrading. The two have relatively independent education models and career orientations, and the concepts and methods of talent selection are also different. Currently, they are mainly reflected in application conditions, preliminary examination subjects, enrollment plans, etc. For example, in terms of application requirements, some professional master's degrees require candidates to have industry work experience or undergraduate majors, while academic master's degrees generally do not have strict restrictions on work experience or undergraduate majors, and cross-professional applications are common; the preliminary examination subjects for academic master's degree have relatively higher English requirements, and the professional course assessment focuses on the basic theory of the subject, while the preliminary business course examination content of professional master's degree focuses more on industry practice. In terms of enrollment plan, in recent years, the enrollment scale of academic master's degree has been relatively stable, and some disciplines have faced reduction in enrollment, while the trend of expansion of professional master's degree is relatively obvious. The "Opinions of the Ministry of Education on Further Promoting the Classified Development of Academic Degree and Professional Degree Postgraduate Education" pointed out that by the end of the "14th Five-Year Plan", the enrollment scale of professional degree master's degree students will be expanded to about two-thirds of the total master's degree enrollment scale.
The premise of classified training is classified evaluation. In order to test students' professional abilities and scientific research and w88 casino potential as comprehensively as possible in the re-examination, the admissions unit needs to improve the re-examination content and build a classified evaluation system based on the training goals and growth patterns of academic masters and professional masters. The academic master's degree aims to cultivate academic innovative talents. The re-examination session generally evaluates the students' scientific research potential through the review of previous academic achievements, scientific research experience and research plans. The comprehensive interview session focuses on identifying students' academic problem analysis ability and research adaptability and other related scientific research characteristics. The professional master's degree aims to cultivate practical and innovative talents. The re-examination may focus more on testing students' practical experience and industry problem-solving abilities through case analysis, project design or practical operation tests. Differentiated candidate enrollment design is an inevitable requirement for the classified development of postgraduate education and accurate education, but it cannot be generalized. Academic foundation and practical experience need to be considered in the training process of two types of postgraduate students in some disciplines. Therefore, it is necessary to form a re-examination classification evaluation system that conforms to the training rules of academic masters and professional masters in each discipline according to the characteristics of the disciplines, and ultimately achieve a structural match between talent supply and social demand.
According to the needs of the admissions system reform, the assessment mechanism is systematically optimized
w88 casino orientation and classified evaluation are important directions for the reform of the postgraduate enrollment system. Its endogenous driving force comes from the dual needs of postgraduate education serving national strategy and industrial upgrading. With the vigorous development of a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, the speed of updating and iteration of intelligent technology is accelerating, and the knowledge and skills of talents are becoming more diversified. Postgraduate education must pay close attention to the development trend of global scientific and technological frontiers. According to the R&D and w88 casino needs of the national key industry layout and the upgrading of strategic emerging industries, it is necessary to cultivate a large number of high-level compound talents who serve the new economy, new industries, and new business formats. Master's degree enrollment must not only meet the talent selection needs of academic w88 casino and industrial development, but also follow the educational rules for cultivating diversified talents, further optimize the scientificity, efficiency and fairness of talent evaluation, and coordinate and improve enrollment plans.
Refine the assessment methods and improve the scientific nature of the admissions examination. It is necessary to clarify the core competency evaluation indicators for re-examination based on the differences in knowledge systems and scientific research in different disciplines to avoid blurring and homogeneity of assessment standards. The assessment methods for academic master's degree students in science and engineering or humanities and social sciences should have their own characteristics. In addition to testing students' understanding and interest in cutting-edge or cross-field research directions through questioning and defense, more practical majors such as medicine, art, engineering, etc. need to strengthen the evaluation of practical links; more academic majors such as basic disciplines can explore the undergraduate training model, allowing outstanding undergraduates who meet the conditions to directly enter the doctoral stage. Professional master's degree programs focus on students' project participation experience, industry knowledge, teamwork skills and other qualities. In the comprehensive interview process, some industry experts can be invited to participate in guidance and review. In some professional fields, an application system that combines material review and comprehensive interviews can be explored based on training requirements. It is necessary to strengthen communication and coordination to improve the efficiency of admissions examinations. We can establish and improve a normalized communication mechanism between graduate training units and regional governments and enterprises, dynamically adjust the enrollment ratio of academic masters and professional masters in accordance with national strategies and regional industrial layout, combine scientific and technological progress, subject development and social needs, regularly improve examination content, eliminate outdated knowledge points, explore practical paths for intelligent technology to empower examination organization and management, and improve the timeliness and adaptability of the content and form of master's degree admissions examinations.
Construct a guarantee mechanism to maintain the fairness of admissions examinations. It is necessary to strengthen the system design to fully guide candidates to demonstrate their innovative potential and scientific research foundation, while reducing the negative impact of subjective bias or information asymmetry and other related issues on the re-examination results. For example, the comprehensive interview process uses a collective review mode or a "double random" lottery system to ensure the standardization of the re-examination process; at the same time, it is necessary to strengthen the research and recruitment publicity and counseling resources of universities in underdeveloped areas, reduce the geographical information gap in the graduate admissions process, and provide technical assistance to candidates in remote areas to avoid differences in economic conditions or equipment that affect the fairness of the examination.
(Author: Xue Xinlong, associate researcher at the Education and Open Economic Research Center of the National Institute for Opening up, w88 casino)
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