| The Administration System of Degree and Graduate Education in China |
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| 2004/05/13 |
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The administration system of degree and
graduate education has taken shape of three
levels£º the basic level of training units, the
provincial level for overall management and the state level
for guidance and supervision.
In accordance
with the degree regulations, the administrative organization
for academic degrees including the Academic Degree Committee
of the State Council and academic degree committees of
degree conferring units are established£® An
academic organization of the Academic Degree Committee of
the State Council--the Disciplines Appraising Group is
established.
According to the Guidelines for the
Reform and Development of Education in China, the
administration system of higher education will constantly
set up two levels of management of central government and of
provinces £¨autonomous regions and municipalities
directly under the central
government£©£® The latter should be
given the first place. The provincial governments'
authorization of overall management should be
strengthened£® In accordance with the overall
requirement of the country's reform concerning the
administration system of higher education and the
above-mentioned principles, 26 provinces and cities have
continuously established the provincial academic degree
committees since 1991£® They are Jiangsu,
Shanxi,
Shanghai, Sichuan, Hubei, Guangdong, Beijing,
Tianjing, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Hunan, Shandong,
Zhejiang, Fujian, Anhui, Guangxi, Yunnan, Chongqing, Gansu,
Shanxi, Qinghai, Jiangxi, Henan, Hebei, and
Inner-Mongolia.
The Academic Degree Committee
of the State Council and the Ministry of Education exercise
a unified leadership over the country's graduate education
and are responsible for macro guidance and administration.
They take charge of making overall planning, providing
policy guidance, organizing, coordinating, supervising and
examining the work of graduate education and offering
relevant services.
The Disciplines Appraising
Group under the Academic Degree Committee of the State
Council is formed by disciplines and consists of those
specialists and scholars with high academic levels. Its
duties are defined as follows £º to examine and
ratify newly- established Master's and doctoral degree
conferring units and disciplines, evaluate and issue the
Catalog of degree-conferring disciplines and
specialties£» put forward suggestions on graduate
education£» examine the quality of degree
conferment and graduate education.
The academic
degree committees, education commissions and higher
education bureaus under the ministries and provinces
£¨autonomous regions and municipalities directly
under the central government £© are responsible
for administering graduate education and degree conferment
in higher education institutions under their
jurisdiction.
The president or one of the
vice-presidents of higher education institutions should take
charge of the work of graduate education. Special
organization, such as graduate school£¨department
or section£© should be established to handle the
daily administration work according to the scope of graduate
education and actual needs. If a department admits
postgraduates, the administration work rests with the dean
or a vice-dean. The teaching office and advisors in the
department are responsible for the training and
administration of postgraduates and implementing the
training plans.
At present, 33 key universities
in the country have set up graduate schools. The graduate
school is a relatively independent administrative body under
the leadership of the president and responsible for graduate
education in the university. The president or vice-president
of the university with similar status of experts should
serve as the dean of the graduate school. Divisions should
be set up to take care of the admission, training,
administration and discipline construction. The departments
enlisting postgraduates should set up corresponding sections
or appoint functionaries to administer the work of graduate
education.
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