A study on the degree awarding system in Mainland China

• Main Authors: Shin-Ting Lin, 林詩婷
• Other Authors: Ying Chan
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/96522764856416596694

碩士 === 淡江大學 === 教育政策與領導研究所碩士班 === 98 === This study mainly, via adopting the methods of document analysis and interview, aims to explore the degree awarding system in Mainland China. Firstly, this study starts with a brief review of the establishment, development and current situation of the degree awarding system in Mainland China. Then, the focus of this study is on the exploration of principles and practice of the degree awarding system in Mainland China .Thirdly, this study tries to analyze the characteristics, problems, and trends of future development of the degree awarding system in Mainland China. Finally, learned from the Mainland China experiences, suggestions related to the future reform of degree awarding system in Taiwan, are thereby proposed. The main conclusions of this study can be summarized as follows: 1.The degree awarding system of Mainland China was affected by the thinking influence of western academic degree, the development of modern academic degree is mainly learned from the Soviet Russia and the United States . 2.The establishment of the degree awarding system in Mainland China has been affected by Chinese social and political backgrounds. 3. The degree awarding system of Mainland China has been influenced by both of the processes of globalization and localization. 4.The degree awarding system of Mainland China is a considerably newer development, in comparison with other countries. The awarding of two different certificates, e. g. degree certificate and the certificate of completion of study, can be said as its unique characteristics. 5. The degree awarding system of Mainland China is mainly a part of the national policies, in accordance with its economic growth. The expansion and quality control of higher education have also been the policies initiated by the central government. 6. In addition to the universities, some research institutes are also entitled to confer higher degrees (i.e., postgraduate degrees), subject to the approval of the central government. 7. The educational administration system has been moving towards decentralization. Local governments have been gradually granted power and status to set up their own regulations on the confer of the academic degrees.