According to the report of China Voice "Chaoguang News" on May 5, a few days ago, the Ministry of Education announced the list of colleges and universities with general higher education enrollment qualifications in 20 1 1 year, and China south university of science and technology of china (Shenzhen), which has been receiving much attention, was not among them. This matter has attracted the attention of many netizens.

It is nothing new that South University of Science and Technology does not have the right to enroll students. Last year, President Zhu Qingshi repeatedly mentioned that South University of Science and Technology had a birth certificate but no enrollment certificate. Therefore, this time it did not appear in the list of universities with enrollment qualifications, and it was not news. The attention of netizens to South University of Science and Technology is more interesting than this "news". Many netizens think that the Ministry of Education has not given South University of Science and Technology the right to enroll students, which has trapped the reform of South University of Science and Technology. In fact, it is not clear what kind of reform South University of Science and Technology wants.

Last year, South University of Science and Technology announced "self-enrollment and self-awarding of degrees", which was a measure that was "forced out" after being deprived of the right to enroll students. This "forced out" measure is the most important reform of South University of Science and Technology. According to the current higher education management system, if South University of Science and Technology is granted the right to enroll students, it means that it must be included in the planned enrollment. Further, the government departments will evaluate the education quality of these students, and according to the evaluation results, grant the right to award bachelor's degrees to South University of Science and Technology. In this way, South University of Science and Technology has successfully become a university organized according to the original system. In other words, if the Ministry of Education really gives South University of Science and Technology the right to enroll students, it will bind the reform of South University of Science and Technology and it will be difficult to break through the system.

From the analysis of the reform of higher education management system, the government, as an organizer, can no longer integrate the right to host, manage, operate and evaluate, but should separate management from operation. In this case, the government department is only responsible for the examination and approval of university establishment registration and supervision according to law. As for the enrollment of universities and the evaluation of the quality of university education, it no longer belongs to the scope of government functions and powers-universities run schools independently, and the evaluation of education has changed from administrative evaluation to social evaluation and professional evaluation.

The reform carried out by South University of Science and Technology is consistent with the reform of higher education management system mentioned in the Outline of National Education Planning. However, the real problem it faces is that the current national academic degree regulations do not support self-awarding degrees in colleges and universities; Moreover, there is no qualification certification system (that is, social evaluation and professional evaluation system) for self-taught university degrees in China. If this situation cannot be changed, South University of Science and Technology may become a non-academic school in China's education system, and its students' academic qualifications and degrees may be recognized by overseas universities, but it is difficult to be recognized by the domestic education system and employment system; Another possibility is that one day, the right to enroll students is approved, and the right to confer degrees is obtained, and the South University of Science and Technology will be "incorporated".

Therefore, for South University of Science and Technology, it is not the right to enroll students, but the right to confer degrees. To solve this problem, first of all, the state needs to amend the "Regulations on Academic Degrees" to legalize the granting of academic degrees by universities. It is reported that China will begin to formulate a degree law. If the spirit of conferring degrees by universities can be regarded as an important spirit in formulating the degree law, it will create a brand-new situation for universities to run their own schools. Secondly, it is necessary to break the original national academic accreditation system, establish a brand-new academic accreditation system, evaluate the quality of running a school by social intermediary institutions, and at the same time expand the range of choices for educatees, and the value of their existence is determined by their choice of universities.

Therefore, the reform of "self-enrollment and degree awarding" in South University of Science and Technology is not a reform of colleges and universities, but an overall reform of higher education in China, and South University of Science and Technology is only one of the pilot projects. If this reform of South University of Science and Technology can be passed, it means that the reform of higher education management system in China is successful. Otherwise, it means the failure of this reform. Paying attention to the reform of South University of Science and Technology should be based on such a reform perspective, rather than running a school like a traditional university. After all, we hope that South University of Science and Technology will become a reformed university, not an ancient traditional university.