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The main force of postgraduate entrance examination is mostly fresh graduates. In college life, many students think that they have not learned much knowledge related to their major, do not have the working ability required by the current employment unit for graduates, or are not satisfied with the jobs they have found, so they are unwilling to rush to find jobs, and want to continue to improve their comprehensive quality on campus through postgraduate entrance examination and delay the time of choosing jobs. This is also a reason why more college students choose to take the postgraduate entrance examination.
"A graduate degree is a stepping stone for us to find a job." Liu Yang, a first-year graduate student at Chang 'an University, told reporters. Two years ago, Liu Yang didn't plan to go to graduate school, but he repeatedly hit a wall when he applied for a job in his senior year. He realized the importance of postgraduate education, so he made every effort to prepare for the exam and got the notice of postgraduate admission last year.
While Ma Qianqian, a graduate student in Liu Yang, devoted himself to scientific research. Ma Qianqian, who majored in chemical engineering and technology, felt that his knowledge was not comprehensive enough at the undergraduate stage, so he chose to continue his graduate studies and enter a higher academic hall. She also hopes to obtain the education qualification of doctoral students through postgraduate study.
According to the survey on the online website of China Education, when choosing the postgraduate category, students' willingness to apply for professional master's degree is high, reaching 56%. Professional masters have also become the main body of postgraduate education. Candidates choose professional masters because they can acquire more professional skills, because the difficulty is lower than that of academic masters, and because the academic system is short.
Zhou Ming is a part-time graduate student of Shaanxi Normal University. He has already worked, but he chose to go back to the campus for postgraduate study last year. "The reason why I came to graduate school is very simple. After working for several years, I want to be promoted, and my education is not enough. So I took a part-time postgraduate exam and received more education to prepare for the future. " Zhou Ming told reporters.
At present, some students think that improving their academic level can improve their employment competitiveness, so they choose postgraduate entrance examination as their only goal during their college years; Some students actually don't want to go to graduate school, but blindly follow the influence of "graduate education is always necessary", which leads to graduate school for a paper diploma.
Xu, a graduate student at Northwest University, told reporters: "As an experienced person, I still suggest that you don't worry about blindly choosing a postgraduate entrance examination or a job. First of all, we should find a suitable development direction, make a comprehensive analysis according to the industry situation, development trend and employment situation, and then decide whether to take the postgraduate entrance examination or work. There is no clear conclusion as to whether postgraduate entrance examination is beneficial to employment. However, it should be noted that whether it is employment or postgraduate entrance examination, you must put your mind right and see your position clearly. " The process of postgraduate entrance examination is very boring, and the pressure is also great. There is no best choice for postgraduate entrance examination and employment. What suits you is the best choice.
"I originally wanted to make up for the lack of undergraduate education through postgraduate entrance examination, but after careful consideration, I chose employment." When I mentioned the postgraduate entrance examination, Yu Yin, a senior student at Xi 'an International Studies University, opened his mouth. "I want to take the postgraduate entrance examination when I am a freshman, and I have always been very confident. I must be admitted. However, because I don't understand various industries and don't know what major graduate students want to study, I haven't decided yet. "
In fact, many people, like Yu Yin, just have the idea of taking the postgraduate entrance examination, but they feel that they have no way to start. Later, Yu Yin felt that the major of ancient literature was good, and she became interested. After consulting a lot of materials, she decided to apply for the ancient literature major of Nanjing Normal University.
But at this time, the annual "Golden September and Silver 10" enterprise job fair entered the school. Yu Yin just attended the job fair with a try attitude, but she was lucky to get the employment notice from Midea Group. After consulting many relatives, teachers and friends and inquiring about relevant information, she felt that this job was really suitable for herself and helpful for her future development, so she gave up the idea of continuing to take the postgraduate entrance examination.
Among the "six most difficult tests" among the people, ranking test and postgraduate entrance examination after college entrance examination, although the total number is much lower than that of senior high school entrance examination and college entrance examination, their influence is increasing year by year. As an extremely important part of China's higher education system, every year, the whole society will form a multi-wave focus around topics such as the number of postgraduate entrance exams, the difficulty of topics, hot industries, and even the "ecological chain of postgraduate entrance exams" such as guessing questions, training, information and review.
According to the latest statistics of the Ministry of Education, the number of applicants for the 20 19 postgraduate entrance examination reached 2.9 million, a surge of 520,000 compared with 20 18, with an increase of 2 1.8%, a record high. Judging from the increase in the number of applicants, this is really a big news. However, if we think there are "virtual fires" and "many bubbles", it is obvious that we have not looked at this change from a broader perspective.
Theoretically, the factors affecting the total number of graduate students in China are population base, per capita GDP and the number of colleges and universities. It is generally believed that the most direct factors affecting the total number of graduate students in China are the internal demand for personal high salary and quality of life and the external demand for high-quality development of the whole society, which form a superposition in terms of high academic qualifications, and then form a "landscape" in the postgraduate entrance examination. In other words, under the premise that the admission rate and the total enrollment of higher education in China remain stable, the total number of postgraduate entrance examination troops will still maintain a steady growth trend.
In a sense, China, as the world's largest country in trade, manufacturing and population, has world-leading technology and strength in consumer electronics, communication equipment, high-speed trains, Internet of Things, chips and software, and has long been among the big countries in electric vehicles, fans, nuclear energy, solar photovoltaic and energy-saving products. Generally speaking, the total number of our graduate students is small, but it is far from enough.
Take the United States as an example Since 2000, the number of people with master's degrees aged 25 and above in the United States has doubled to 2 1 10,000. 13. 1% of the American adult population has a master's degree, a professional master's degree or a doctor's degree. The proportion of graduate students in the population of China is between 0.5% and 0.55%. If we put the postgraduate entrance examination in the perspective of economic and social development and national rejuvenation, the whole society still needs to make great efforts for it.
As for whether to take the postgraduate entrance examination or not, what major should I take? Is it for academic research or salary? Do you go with the flow or stick to your dreams? In the process of China's industrial structure gradually shifting to the upstream of the global industrial chain, when knowledge becomes a bright spot of social governance and civilization progress, postgraduate entrance examination is undoubtedly a good choice for individuals to temper themselves.
In 20 19, the number of applicants for the national postgraduate entrance examination increased by 520,000 over the previous year, with an increase of 2 1.8%. The popularity of the topic of postgraduate entrance examination is also rising and then rising. Whether college students or on-the-job personnel, more and more people have joined the postgraduate entrance examination army. Recently, the reporter interviewed Rui Xiaohe, vice president of the School of English of Xi International Studies University, and Du Bo, vice president of the School of Literature, Art and Communication of Chang 'an University, respectively, on how to treat the "postgraduate entrance examination fever" rationally.
J. Stapleton Roy believes that postgraduate education is an important way for the country to cultivate high-level talents and build a national innovation system. At present, there is still a great demand for high-level talents all over the world. In order to attract and train more high-level talents, many countries have relaxed the access conditions for postgraduate education. In China, the number of postgraduate candidates is increasing year by year, which not only conforms to the current trend of international education development, but also meets the needs of sustainable development of scientific and technological innovation in China.
At the same time, the number of applicants for professional master's degree has increased year by year in recent years, which reflects the change of candidates' mentality from simply pursuing theoretical research and learning to paying attention to practical ability, promotes the establishment and improvement of postgraduate education mechanism with professional application as the main goal, and also cultivates high-level talents for the development of all walks of life. The rising popularity of professional masters also shows that more and more candidates have made clear the significance of postgraduate education.
Rui Xiaohe said that most college graduates take the postgraduate entrance examination to enhance their own value and want to make the future job search more flat and broad, but there are also many negative reasons such as avoiding employment pressure and blindly following the trend. University teachers should actively guide students to establish a correct concept of "postgraduate entrance examination" according to their own experience, and reasonably guide students to understand their own strengths and weaknesses and plan their own development path according to their academic qualifications and personality characteristics.
The significance of postgraduate education lies in further improving academic and applied abilities, rather than simply "gilding" itself. Postgraduate entrance examination relies more on autonomous learning. If students do not have a clear learning goal, even if they get a master's degree, they will not be able to enhance their competitiveness and will still encounter employment problems.
J. Stapleton Roy talked about his views from the perspective of higher education. He said that the rising fever of postgraduate entrance examination has also put forward new requirements for postgraduate education. At present, there are still some problems in China, such as the lack of postgraduate education resources, imperfect training mode, and the disconnection between theoretical research and practical application, which need to be solved urgently. At the same time, how to promote academic and cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries, cultivate high-quality graduate students, better meet the needs of scientific and technological innovation and talent market, and promote better cooperation and development in Industry-University-Research will be the primary issues that universities need to consider in developing graduate education.
Candidates should look at the postgraduate entrance examination calmly, decide rationally whether to take the postgraduate entrance examination and choose the appropriate degree type according to their own characteristics and needs. Colleges and universities should not blindly relax the admission conditions or reduce the enrollment scale because of the increase in the number of graduate students, but should reflect on various problems in the development of educational activities and actively deal with them.
Bo Du believes that there is no difference between good and bad when college students choose postgraduate entrance examination or employment, or choose which industry to engage in in in the future. The most important thing is to judge according to your own situation. It is precisely because everyone's situation is different, personality is different, and hobbies are different, so everyone will take different paths.
Bo Du hopes that if college students are hesitant about employment or postgraduate entrance examination, they'd better ask themselves three questions first: First, what is the purpose of postgraduate entrance examination? Is it to get a diploma or do you really feel that you need to make up for and improve your own shortcomings through further study? 2. What is your ideal job in the future? Do you need graduate support? Third, do you like reading books, documents and thinking? When you answer these three questions, you will naturally know your choice.
In fact, the choice of employment or postgraduate entrance examination needs to match your long-term goals in the future, and the long-term goals are best matched with your personality hobbies.