Research On The Recruit Examination System Reform Of Postgraduates For Academic Master Degree In China

Postgraduate recruit examination system for academic Master Degree is one kind of selecting examination in China's higher education, whose main goal is to select the higher level specialists and the creative elites. This thesis applies the theories of both higher education and examination theory to investigate the development, typical characteristics and existing problems in such an examination system in historical and current circumstances. Besides, as a comparison and contrast, similar recruit examination systems in American and Japan are also expounded. And on this basis, the specific principles and modes are mentioned, serving as the reference to the current reform in China.This thesis consists of four chapters. Chapter one is to survey the historical development of postgraduate recruit examination system for academic Master Degree in China, including the initial exploration of the recruiting methods and the characteristics of such a recruiting system during 20 years after the open policy in China. Chapter two is to analyze the current changing tendency of postgraduate recruit examination system for academic Master Degree in China. At the end of the past century, higher education in China has been expanding rapidly. In 2002, it has been popularized. Meanwhile, the postgraduate recruiting scope has been enlarged. A series of reform measures have been enforced, like reducing the entrance exam's subjects, perfecting the interview's system, endowing the colleges with autonomy to recruit students etc.. Chapter three uses America's enrolling application and Japan's selective examination system as references to compare and contrast with China's. These two countries'relevant recruiting situations and characteristics can be served as examples for the reform in China. Chapter four is to generalize such existing problems as the efficiency of our recruiting system, the reform of the examining subjects and contents, the fairness of the examination and the autonomy of related units. To deal with such problems, relevant reform principles and modes are suggested. And also it is proposed that such academic recruit should obey such rules as separation between examination and recruit, the priority of efficiency, various types and levels of recruit.The conclusion of this thesis is: first, postgraduate recruit examination system for academic Master Degree is a method to recruit talented people but it has been limited by the initial and external educational factors. So its contents and form should be reformed with the development of the society, economy, cultures and the need for the talent. second, postgraduate recruit examination system in China has been established in a later period, but it has contributed a lot in the academic field as the twenty-year practice shows. In knowledge-economy and higher education popularized phase, such a system faces new challenge, such as more rights for autonomous recruit, to strengthen academic expertise and so on. third, recruit examination system of postgraduates should obey such rules as separation between examination and recruit, the priority of efficiency, various types and levels of recruit in accordance with the needs of scientific research and the rules of postgraduate education and the examination itself, expand the autonomous rights of graduate school, improve efficiency of selecting, reinforce supervise and management, guarantee equity and justice of examination.