The Notice on Sampling Methods for Undergraduate Graduation Thesis (Design) issued by the Ministry of Education proposes that the Ministry of Education should establish a national sampling information platform for undergraduate graduation thesis, provide customized functions such as academic misconduct detection, graduation thesis extraction and expert review for provincial education administrative departments, and supervise the whole process of sampling undergraduate graduation thesis by provincial education administrative departments. The sampling inspection of undergraduate graduation thesis shall follow the principles of independence, objectivity, science and impartiality, and no unit or individual may interfere with the normal sampling inspection in any way. Undergraduate graduation thesis sampling is conducted once a year, and the sampling object is the thesis awarded the bachelor's degree in the previous academic year. In principle, the sampling ratio should be no less than 2%.
For individuals, colleges and universities should investigate and verify the graduation thesis suspected of plagiarism, plagiarism, forgery, tampering, buying and selling, ghostwriting and other academic misconduct. Those who have been verified shall have their degrees revoked and their degree certificates cancelled according to law. Then some people will wonder, is this fair to previous graduates who have already graduated?
First, fairness is relative. For former students, many people who have escaped will think that such a policy is unfair, but it is not. Before this method was put forward, undergraduate graduation thesis was sampled every year. The sampling rate is not low, but there is no such standardized document guidance. It can be said that for former students, it is a close call. Because colleges and universities always turn a blind eye to undergraduate graduation thesis in order to ensure graduation rate. Suspected of plagiarism, plagiarism, forgery, tampering, trading, ghostwriting and other academic misconduct. It will never be investigated unless there is conclusive evidence. If it is strict, the graduation rate will drop a little every year.
Second, what is the focus of sampling? Qualifications? Investigation, in terms of fairness, has lost its true heart. What needs to be known is that the main purpose of random inspection is not to catch someone's academic misconduct. In all fairness, it will lose its true heart. Because the sampling inspection of undergraduate graduation thesis is to focus on the basic academic norms and basic academic literacy of undergraduates. Graduation thesis is a grand display of what undergraduates have learned in four years, and it is also a consolidation and improvement of their own knowledge and ability. As far as fairness is concerned, I lost my heart. Only in this way can colleges and universities be forced to constantly reflect on the training methods in the process of talent training and realize the innovation of education and teaching reform. You know, education reform has been called for for so many years, and no effective methods have been summed up.
Therefore, sampling undergraduate graduation thesis once a year is unfair to previous graduates, but it loses some opportunities.