The undergraduate education system of world-famous universities is four years, which is the same as the presidency of the United States. Undergraduate education in medieval universities lasted for four years, usually taking only three courses: grammar, rhetoric and logic. At that time, it was mainly to train clergy to preach and teach, so they all spoke languages. One course a year, three years of study, and the fourth year of practice in the church.
This tradition has obviously influenced the setting of the term of office of the president of the United States (that is, as president, the policy is determined in the first year, deployed in the second year, formally implemented in the third year, and the effect of the policy is seen in the fourth year). Therefore, in the eyes of Americans, a president can be tried out in four years.
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The significance of undergraduate training:
1, the demand of building an innovative country: General Secretary Hu Jintao pointed out at the 2006 Academician Conference of the two academies: "The key to building an innovative country lies in talents, especially innovative scientific and technological talents. Without the support of a grand team of innovative scientific and technological talents, it is impossible to achieve the goal of building an innovative country. "
It is a very urgent strategic task to train a group of outstanding scientists and scientific and technological talents, build a grand team of innovative talents and greatly improve the country's independent innovation ability.
2. The demand of higher education development: Colleges and universities are the main force of rejuvenating the country through science and technology, the base of cultivating high-quality innovative talents, the important base of knowledge innovation and an important part of the national innovation system, the frontier of understanding the unknown world to provide scientific basis for solving major problems facing mankind, and the important force to promote the transformation of scientific and technological achievements into real productive forces.
Articles 4, 5, 9 and 11 of China's Higher Education Law clearly stipulate the basic obligations of China's higher education. As the main body of higher education, universities need to deepen the internal reform of universities, establish innovative mechanisms and adjust the training mode of innovative talents according to the changes of time and space.
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