With the development of information dissemination channels such as the Internet, the information of various news events has been disseminated more rapidly. Recently, a medical university's news about a number of doctoral students not graduating on time has attracted widespread attention on the Internet.
It is understood that in mid-June this year, a number of doctoral students who will graduate in June of China Medical University received a notice from the school when they were only 7 days away from graduation, saying that they needed to win the provincial and ministerial science and technology progress awards and other awards before they could obtain the final doctoral degree certificate. This has undoubtedly added an unforeseen bump in the normal graduation plans of these students.
What's even more surprising is that the school's previous admissions instructions didn't mention this requirement. According to these near-graduate doctoral students, the university did not mention the need to win any science and technology awards in the enrollment brochure six years before they entered the university to obtain a doctorate. During the six years of study, they were not explicitly reminded of this requirement by the school.
They need to go through the process of dissertation defense, dissertation evaluation, etc., and then they can obtain the doctoral certificate on time. But now that the end of the semester is approaching by 7 days, it is too abrupt for the school to "leapfrog" this unprecedented new requirement. What made them even more unbelievable was that the reason given by the school was that they had "misunderstood the Ministry of Education document".
Of course, this has undoubtedly brought great distress and doubts to these doctoral students who are about to complete their studies. After 6 years of hard study, all the work from admission to thesis defense has been completed. However, at the last minute, the school put forward a risky move for graduation on the grounds of "misunderstanding", which is really contrary to the school's responsibility obligations.
In order to alleviate the pressure, the school later proposed to refund the tuition fee for free, or the graduation time is "unlimited", but this obviously cannot make up for the cost of the 6 years of time that these students have paid. What's more, just as youth was forced to interrupt. There are also many comments on the Internet that the school's move clearly violates the principle of "wide entry and strict exit".
Some netizens pointed out that if the school really wants to improve the gold content of academic qualifications, it should be "strict in and strict out", and clearly explain the standards from the beginning of the new students. It should not be arbitrarily added to the difficulty after admission, and the regulations lack transparency. Some netizens also questioned how many of the school's own doctoral supervisors have won this kind of science and technology award? Isn't the guru himself up to par?
There are a lot of problems with studying with the same degree
Misunderstanding, that's your school's business, sue him
The tuition fee is refunded, and who is responsible for the time of a few years
High-quality articles are understandable, but it's a bit difficult to get a provincial and ministerial award
In fact, with the change of the times, the gold content of various academic grades is decreasing. It is true that the standard of academic qualifications should be raised, but the means should be mainly to invigorate the academic atmosphere, rather than to achieve it by suddenly adding difficulties at a later stage. Otherwise, not only will it not be able to play a real role, but it will also seriously affect the legitimate rights and interests of normal students.
This incident has made people realize that institutions of higher learning should uphold the principle of fairness and justice when formulating degree standards, and must not overturn the case at the last moment. The students have been in their youth for 6 years and can no longer return. If schools want to increase the gold content, they should also focus on improving the overall quality of teaching, rather than simply increasing the difficulty.
This incident should arouse the attention of all sectors of society. It is hoped that the relevant departments can intervene in this matter and discuss and guide the major issue of fair and reasonable formulation of degree standards, so as to prevent similar violations in the future and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of students.