How does Tsinghua's New Deal make China candidates want to cry?

The cause of the incident is the "20 17 Tsinghua University International Student (Undergraduate) Admissions Guide" recently issued by Tsinghua University, which stipulates that from this year on, international students do not need to take the exam, as long as they pass the H? SK Chinese Proficiency Test, you can apply for undergraduate course in Tsinghua University. Netizen exclaimed: Ten years' cold window is not as good as a paper nationality, and Tsinghua's New Deal makes China candidates want to cry!

In this regard, the relevant person in charge of Tsinghua University responded that in 20 17, according to the relevant documents of the Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University learned from the experience of undergraduate enrollment of first-class universities at home and abroad, and the enrollment of undergraduate students was implemented by the "application-review" system. "After the implementation of the application-review system for undergraduate students, the application scope of outstanding students has been expanded, which actually increases the competition difficulty of applicants."

Tsinghua University's response did not dispel the doubts of netizens. There is a simple reason. Although the "application-review" system is a common practice in world-class universities, due TO the large number of outstanding applicants around the world, including unified test scores (IELTS, TO? Requirements of EFL, SAT, etc. ), as well as the applicant's previous academic performance and comprehensive quality are very high. For example, the admission rate of Harvard University is only 4% ~ 5%. The admission rate refers to the proportion of applicants who pay the application fee and the number of people who are admitted. Moreover, the enrollment of foreign first-class universities is the responsibility of the independent enrollment Committee, and the enrollment is open and transparent (even if certain admission concessions are given to alumni and donors, it will be made public in advance and supervised by teachers and students). Therefore, although the criteria for application and review are varied, the enrollment of the school has a strong social credibility.

However, when recruiting overseas students, Chinese mainland University, including Tsinghua University, is different from foreign world-class universities in two aspects.

First, although Tsinghua University ranks among the top 65,438+000 universities in the world, it is not very attractive to overseas students, and the threshold of application-review system is closely related to the number of excellent applicants. Implement an application review system and require applicants to participate in a unified H? You can apply to the school for the SK Chinese exam, which can expand the scope of application. However, if there are not many excellent applicants, it may indeed lower the enrollment threshold. I used to have to take four or five exams, but now I just need to take the difficult ones, H? SK can apply.

Secondly, there is no independent admissions committee in Tsinghua University. In the administrative environment, enrollment affairs will be affected by administrative and interest factors. If the applications of outstanding international students are not enthusiastic, will recruiting international students become a shortcut to Tsinghua on the curve of "ordinary high school entrance examination immigrants"? This is something that netizens are very worried and questioning. In fact, there was a scandal of "Studying in China" in mainland universities. A mainland student, holding a foreign passport, applied for (applied for) a mainland university as an international student. As a result, students who failed in the college entrance examination in the mainland entered prestigious schools.

When Tsinghua implements the "application-review" system, it must take practical measures to respond to the questions of netizens. The school should announce the real application situation to the public, so that the public can know what the international student enrollment standard in Tsinghua is. To build a world-class university, we need to pay attention to recruiting students from all over the world (the proportion of international students is an important index to evaluate world-class universities), but this can not be achieved by lowering the admission standards, but by improving the quality of personnel training and international competitiveness. The low threshold for recruiting international students will only affect the international reputation of the school.

Secondly, Tsinghua should promote the construction of modern school system in running schools, which is an important measure to establish the credibility of enrollment. It is worth noting that China Mainland College Entrance Examination has always wanted to learn from foreign application-examination system and carry out independent enrollment reform in colleges and universities. However, due to the administrative problems of colleges and universities, the reform of independent enrollment has been questioned by the society, and the public still thinks that admission according to the unified written test results is the "least bad" system, which restricts the promotion of college entrance examination reform. When recruiting overseas students, we should implement the application system, which is the choice to connect with world-class universities, but we can't just reform the enrollment form without reforming the school management system. Reforming administrative management and promoting the separation of administrative power, educational power and academic power is an important system construction to implement the autonomy of college enrollment.