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Self-study examination is a form of continuing education. Continuing education is an educational activity of social members outside school education and an important part of lifelong learning system. Because the audience is mainly adults, it is also called adult education. Continuing education with academic qualifications refers to the form of continuing education in which colleges and universities issue academic certificates.

Besides self-study, there are two ways of continuing education: distance education and adult college entrance examination. The examination difficulty, learning form and certificate type of the three are different, but the academic certificates are all recognized by the state. The academic level of continuing education is divided into two types: junior college and undergraduate course. According to the different starting point of education, it is further divided into three types: junior college, junior college and junior college.

Since last year, news about the tightening of the policy of continuing education with academic qualifications has come out from time to time, and even some educational institutions have taken the "last bus of continuing education with academic qualifications" as a gimmick for enrollment. In August of 20 17, at the regular press conference held by the Ministry of Education, Wang Jiping, director of the Department of Vocational Education and Adult Education of the Ministry of Education, corrected this and denied the statement that "continuing education with academic qualifications was cancelled in colleges and universities in 20 18". But at the same time, it emphasizes that "the continuing education of academic qualifications needs reform, taking educating people as the direction and ensuring the quality of education".

If 20 17 is a transitional year for academic continuing education reform, the direction of academic continuing education reform will gradually become clear from 20 18. "Stop continuing enrollment, increase the difficulty of exams, narrow the scope of majors, and reduce the types of academic qualifications". Many colleges and universities have started the reform of continuing education with different degrees, and the reform of the whole system has become an inevitable trend.

The policy of continuing education for academic qualifications has been tightened

Among the three academic forms of adult college entrance examination, online education and higher education self-study examination, the self-study examination with "lenient entrance and strict exit" has the highest gold content. "The threshold for self-study is not high. Now advanced mathematics and English are mixed in the exam as compulsory subjects, which further increases the difficulty and makes the future trend more and more difficult. In addition, the difficulty of the previous adult college entrance examination will gradually increase. " Teacher Wang Xing, who is in charge of academic upgrading consulting services in Shandong Qurong Education Service Agency, predicted.

In addition to the increasing difficulty of exams, many colleges and universities have also begun to cancel the types of specialized degrees in continuing education or restrict the majors they apply for this year. "Starting from 20 18, the National People's Congress cancelled the type of junior college education in high school. If you want to choose students who are promoted to undergraduate courses, you should also seize the time and prepare in advance. Although there is no formal policy yet, once it is introduced, it will move quickly. " On February 1 day, when the reporter of Economic Observer consulted the School of Continuing Education of Renmin University, the staff reminded him.

On April 20 17, Southwest University announced that it would stop enrolling students in adult higher education and online education, and online education only enrolled students at the level of "junior college" and "junior college". On February 1 day, when the reporter asked the School of Continuing Education of Southwest University for verification, the staff told the reporter that the degree of "Gao Qi College" taught by Southwest University could still be registered, but the number of majors was reduced from a dozen to six. "After that, university-level education is likely to stop enrolling students." "In order to improve the gold content and social recognition of adult education, the state has increased its control over adult education, and many key institutions have stopped recruiting specialists. Starting from 18, specialists can only apply for some secondary colleges or secondary majors. " Teacher Wang explained.

In fact, as early as the end of 20 16, there were signs of tightening the policy of continuing education with academic qualifications. On October 20 16, 165438 10, the Ministry of Education issued the Measures for the Administration of Continuing Education Specialty in Colleges and Universities, stipulating that from 20 18, ordinary colleges and universities will no longer hold continuing education with academic qualifications outside the scope of their full-time education, and ordinary undergraduate colleges and universities without full-time education at the specialist level will no longer hold continuing education with academic qualifications at the specialist level.

This is the first document of the Ministry of Education to standardize the specialty setting of continuing education with higher academic qualifications. Strengthening standardization and streamlining majors are the reform direction of continuing education with higher academic qualifications. Under the guidance of the policy, many colleges and universities choose to follow suit, speed up the streamlining reform of continuing education with academic qualifications, and even stop enrolling students.

On April 20 17, Sun Yat-sen University issued a notice: "In order to meet the needs of the strategic development of the school, our school has completely stopped the online academic education, adult academic education and self-study examination enrollment." In the same month, Northeast Normal University also issued a notice to suspend the enrollment of adult higher education.

Peking University, who enjoys a high reputation in the field of academic continuing education, also chose to muddle through. 65438+1October 3 1 day, the staff of the general office of the Ministry of Continuing Education in Peking University confirmed to reporters that starting from October 20 18, Peking University will no longer recruit students with continuing education. The past 20 17 is the last enrollment, but the non-academic education part of the College of Continuing Education will still be retained.

Although the Ministry of Education has not forced colleges and universities to stop enrolling students with continuing education qualifications, the tide of reform is coming from a trickle. "Double first-class universities may not do continuing education at all in the future, and only some local universities open adult education qualifications." Teacher Wang thinks. Chu Hongqi, president of Beijing Open University, also told the reporter that many well-known universities began to stop or reduce the enrollment of junior college students this year, and may further stop the enrollment of continuing education undergraduate students in the future and focus on the main business of the school.

The Transformation Road of Continuing Education

Continuing education with academic qualifications in colleges and universities originated from adult higher correspondence education in the early 1950s. After the reform and opening up, with the recovery of higher education, continuing education with academic qualifications has made rapid development.

In 2005, Tsinghua University College of Continuing Education, the first continuing education college in China, chose to stop the enrollment of modern distance adult education. Since then, Tsinghua Institute of Continuing Education has been defined as non-academic education. Many colleges and universities have followed suit and quit.

The real climax of quitting the group began on 20 17, and many well-known universities such as Sun Yat-sen University and Peking University announced that they would stop enrolling students for continuing education. In an era when the pattern of higher education is in urgent need of adjustment and optimization, it is the only way for colleges and universities to clarify their own positioning by withdrawing or reducing continuing education business.

Chu Hongqi believes that the mission of research universities is to promote scientific research and personnel training. Under the background of "double first-class" construction, it is particularly important to define the orientation. "Continuing education with academic qualifications takes up a lot of resources in colleges and universities. Under the goal of' double first-class' construction, it is impossible for colleges and universities to take care of all types of education business. "

Education departments and colleges and universities have begun to explore a new development model of continuing education, and the task of continuing education system to undertake national academic education compensation is weakening. "In the information age, people's educational needs are increasingly diversified and flexible, and the demand for non-academic education and training is increasing." Yan Hongqi said.

Therefore, non-academic education and training are considered as the direction of future reform. In 20 17, when Harbin Institute of Technology announced that it would stop enrolling students for continuing education with academic qualifications, it mentioned in the notice that it would "vigorously develop non-academic education for continuing education".

65438126 October, the Ministry of Education reported the overall situation of the pilot reform of the open university in the past five years through official website, pointing out that the reform of the open university has achieved remarkable results in the past five years, and positioned the open university as "a provider of continuing education services, a promoter of the construction of a learning society, and a promoter of educational equity".

Chu Hongqi believes that the future continuing education will focus on the open university, and various forms of institutional innovation can be carried out, such as establishing a "credit bank" to integrate academic education with non-academic education. "If someone wants to be a junior college student, they can convert their original junior college education into certain credits, and on this basis, they can reach an undergraduate degree. With the concept of "credit bank", we can break through the boundary between non-academic education and academic education. "