This year, the "pinch war" between colleges and universities for students with high scores in the college entrance examination has intensified, and two famous universities in Shanghai have also triggered a "war of words" of mutual accusations because of competing for students. It has been suggested that the competition for high-scoring students in colleges and universities reflects the paradox of current university education. Colleges and universities should recruit students fairly, but now they are caught in the quagmire of "score-only theory"; The strength of a university lies not in the number of top candidates in the college entrance examination, but in cultivating outstanding talents to make contributions to society.
Recently, the Social Investigation Center of China Youth Daily conducted a survey of 1572 people through China and Sina.com, showing that 92.0% of them are concerned about the news that college students are striving for high marks. Among the respondents, 82.3% have participated in the college entrance examination.
Why do colleges and universities compete for high-scoring students?
"Why are many universities in China always proud of recruiting high-scoring candidates?" Ma found that some universities even offer high scholarships to attract high-scoring candidates. If they win the top spot, they will feel extremely proud, because it is easy for freshmen to cultivate talents with a good foundation, which will certainly bring "capital" to universities. However, the reputation of a university should come from high-quality education and services, rather than "stepping on students' shoulders to get grades and achievements"
Ma said that at present, the practice of grabbing the "number one scholar" for high-scoring candidates is very popular in primary and secondary schools, and the "number one scholar" complex and high-scoring consciousness have penetrated into the entire education system. In doing so, universities are tantamount to encouraging exam-oriented education and misleading students to enter prestigious schools. "If universities can't reflect on themselves and attach importance to the cultivation of students-oriented talents, what about' quality' and' innovation' in our education?"
A netizen in China. It is suggested that colleges and universities should take cultivating students with high comprehensive quality as their own responsibility, and it is putting the cart before the horse to grab candidates with high scores, which reflects the paradox of current university education. In the survey, 82.5% people agree with this view.
Gu Jun believes that in recent years, colleges and universities have been scrambling for students year by year because China's higher education has entered a period of limited high-quality students and relatively surplus higher education resources, which shows that China's higher education has entered a "buyer's market".
Gu Jun pointed out that the admission of many high-quality students by foreign universities is also a reason for domestic universities to grab students. Now many students go to Harvard, Cambridge, Oxford and other famous foreign universities without taking the national college entrance examination.