30% of the time is spent on learning English and exams, and most of the remaining 40% is spent on dating, socializing and enjoying affairs, which is still too busy. Youth is wasted and nothing is achieved. After four years in college, I lack a solid knowledge process, leaving only a dream bubble, such as fog and electricity.
In the eyes of those who hold a negative attitude towards universities, universities nowadays are more like "besieged cities". Those who have never been there think it is colorful and full of temptation, and those who stay there are as dull as chewing wax. Go in with expectation and come out with nothing. Some people think that it is the unshirkable responsibility of a university to study for nothing, but personal subjective efforts can play a key role. The same land, the same dragon species, some people have harvested fleas, and some people have found the direction and meaning of life.
It should be admitted that, as is often the case, talented people and mediocre people come out the same way. It is not a single factor that can decide whether to go to college or not. However, there are more and more paradoxes and dilemmas in university education, which cannot but attract public attention.
The reason why the value of a university is completely denied is mainly because it is of no help to students' life after graduation. Traditionally, universities should teach students the skills to settle down and have a bright future. If it can't bring tangible benefits, a college education is worthless. This concept is inherited from the "elite education" in the last century, and its understanding of education only stays in the stage of instrumental rationality, which can be said to be very one-sided. Unfortunately, most people in China hold this attitude, and the evaluation criteria of university value are more functional, simple and practical. However, according to modern educational theory, in a society where higher education has been popularized, university education should have richer humanistic connotation, and its main purpose is not to impart knowledge and cultivate skills.
This can be compared with the situation in American universities. Some people say that American universities and China universities are unsuccessful education, because the employment rate of China University is low, and the graduation rate of American universities is low, and so on. This is a fact. It's easy to go to college in America. Basically, as long as you can graduate from high school, it is not a problem. However, there are still many Americans who think that universities are not necessary. Because the threshold of American universities is low, no one takes universities seriously, and dropping out of school is common. According to statistics, the dropout rate of freshmen in the first year is 20%.
Simply put, what students can learn in school, how to ensure the final quality, and what kind of products will flow out of society, which reflects the responsibility of universities to society. The principle of American universities is "lenient entry and strict exit". Their higher education threshold is low and their attitude is low, but their graduation examination is very strict. If they want to get a degree, they must produce results. College students in China have suffered a lot in order to enter the university, and finally they can stand out. The college entrance examination is known as "the most cruel battlefield"; Once you are admitted, everything will be fine and you will not make progress. Anyway, graduation exams are easy to pass, and plagiarism is ignored. This is "strict entry and wide exit". Facts have proved that the implementation of "lenient entry and strict exit" or "strict entry and lenient exit" has completely different results.
Different soil and water bring different ecology, and different ecology makes different products. It can be said that the shortcomings of domestic universities are holistic. The problems of second-and third-tier universities are outstanding, which can be said to be limited resources, and the situation of top universities is similar. Take Tsinghua and Peking University, the best schools in China, as examples. There is no doubt that the students in these two schools have the strongest learning ability, and their average scores after graduation are also quite excellent. Occasionally, a pork guy is also a qualified pork guy. But even if I go to the best university, what will happen? A few stay at home, and most choose to study abroad and "return to the furnace" abroad. According to statistics, 70% of the graduates of the best major in Tsinghua Peking University chose to go abroad, but those who didn't go out only because conditions didn't allow them.
We believe that the vast majority of China universities do not lack the will to change, but their ability is limited. The reason lies in the current university management system. Universities are not "independent legal persons" in the full sense. Whether it is running a school or management, whether it is teaching content, specialty setting or teacher quality, it must obey the unified will of the state administrative department. Schools can't make their own decisions, so they don't need to take responsibility and risk. They are responsible to the administrative department, not to the public. The mode of government-run university and government-run university directly leads to the disconnection between university and society and educational spirit.
In recent years, the general depravity of China University has aroused public concern and kept asking questions, but they often can't get any answers. Maybe many years later, we still have to face these heartbreaking realities and watch the future masters of the country waste their youth and lose their vitality in the university. University education has failed to bring them a visible future, nor can it support their belief in the future. If not "reading for nothing", what is it? Where can I get back the lost value of the university? If you think deeply, you can't help but go back to the core concept. Choosing instrumental rationality or value rationality, and training builders or citizens are unavoidable barriers and bottlenecks for China University in the future. Only a breakthrough can make it grow. Hundreds of millions of people are looking forward to the concept change and value return of university education, which may be approaching quietly in this round of torture and reflection.