Many universities announced that they would cancel or stop recruiting 99 undergraduate majors
2024-08-07
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Recently, the Central Conservatory of Music announced that it will suspend undergraduate admissions for the three majors of music art management, music therapy, and music recording in 2025. Previously, Sichuan University announced that it plans to cancel 31 undergraduate majors in 2024, which also attracted attention. According to preliminary statistics from public reports, as of July 31,In the first seven months of this year, 19 universities have announced the cancellation or suspension of admissions to 99 majors.
On August 1, Xiong Bingqi, president of the 21st Century Education Research Institute, told reporters: "There is an inherent logic behind the adjustment and optimization of majors by colleges and universities. We cannot simply assume that newly added majors are popular and cancelled majors are unpopular. No matter what major a student is admitted to, they must have a correct understanding and improve their professional skills and comprehensive abilities through professional learning, so that they will be more competitive when they graduate."19 universities to be revokedOr stop recruiting
July 26,Central Conservatory of MusicThe Admissions Office released an "Important Notice on Undergraduate Admissions in 2025", stating that the school will suspend undergraduate admissions in the three areas of music arts management, music therapy, and music recording.July 23,Xiangtan UniversityInformation on the official website of the Academic Affairs Office shows that the 2024 undergraduate major adjustment will be announced, with one major being added and seven majors being cancelled, including electronic information science and technology, digital publishing, pharmacy, architectural environment and energy application engineering, hotel management, radio and television, and translation.
according toTianjin University of CommerceAccording to the information on the official website of the Academic Affairs Office, four undergraduate majors are planned to be cancelled in 2024, including pharmaceutical management, information and computing science, applied physics, and product design.
NWAFURegarding the public announcement of the planned new and cancelled majors in 2024, five majors will be added and three majors, including human geography and urban and rural planning, e-commerce, and information management and information systems, will be cancelled.Xiong Bingqi, president of the 21st Century Education Research Institute, pointed out: "In 2024, the field of higher education ushered in a wave of adjustments to professional settings.19 universities plan to cancel or stop recruiting more than 90 majors, reflecting the adjustment trend of undergraduate majors. It can be foreseen that the adjustment of undergraduate majors in 2025 will also be very large.”
Last year, the university applied for the cancellation of
ProfessionalNumber of filings: 1,670
In March 2023, the Ministry of Education and five other departments issued the "Reform Plan for Adjustment and Optimization of Disciplines and Majors in General Higher Education", which clearly stated the following work objectives:“By 2025, we will optimize and adjust the distribution of about 20% of the disciplines and majors in colleges and universities.A number of new disciplines and majors that are adapted to new technologies, new industries, new formats and new models will be established, and those that are not adapted to economic and social development will be eliminated. "It is also stipulated that "majors that have not enrolled students for five consecutive years will be revoked."
The establishment and adjustment of majors have become an important measure to adapt to social needs and improve the quality of education. According to media reports, the number of undergraduate majors cancelled has increased year by year in the past five years. The results of the filing and approval of undergraduate majors in ordinary colleges and universities in 2023 announced by the Ministry of Education in March this year showed thatIn 2023, the number of registered majors that colleges and universities applied to cancel reached 1,670, and the establishment, cancellation and adjustment involved a total of 3,389 majors, the largest number in history.The number of increased majors in disciplines such as engineering, education, and economics ranked in the top three, while the number of majors in disciplines such as management and art continued to decrease.
Chu Zhaohui, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Educational Sciences, told the media: "In the past, some universities may have set up some majors too mechanically and subjectively. Some majors may not be suitable for undergraduates, such as management, which may not be suitable for undergraduates."
Xiong Bingqi told reporters: "The adjustment of undergraduate majors in my country's colleges and universities in 2023 shows that my country is accelerating the pace of optimizing and adjusting disciplines and majors."Expert: University disciplinesOptimization and adjustment are always in progress
The adjustment of undergraduate majors in colleges and universities has always been regarded as a "barometer" of social development's demand for talent, and has attracted much attention from students and parents. Regarding Sichuan University's plan to cancel 31 undergraduate majors in 2024, a media reporter called the Admissions Office of Sichuan University, and the staff said that the 31 majors to be cancelled were considering stopping enrollment due to a small number of students or other reasons.
According to media reports, with the release of the "Reform Plan for Adjustment and Optimization of Discipline and Major Settings in General Higher Education", many places have also formulated guiding policies for optimizing the professional structure of colleges and universities in their provinces. Among them, the "graduation destination implementation rate (employment rate)" is an important indicator to measure whether a major needs to reduce enrollment, suspend enrollment, or even be revoked.
For some students or parents, the addition or cancellation of majors is simply equated with "popular" or "unpopular". Xiong Bingqi, president of the 21st Century Education Research Institute, told reporters: "This understanding is one-sided.Judging from the number of new and merged majors in colleges and universities this year, some of the new majors added by some colleges and universities happen to be the majors that were merged by other colleges and universities. This also shows that we cannot judge the quality, advantages and disadvantages solely based on the addition or withdrawal of majors.When it comes to new majors, candidates and parents must conduct a specific analysis based on the school's educational positioning and conditions, and not just take the words literally."
Chu Zhaohui, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Educational Sciences, also told the media that the cancellation of majors is a regular and positive measure for the dynamic adjustment of college majors.Go toIt is ongoing.
Experts have analyzed that many universities need to optimize and adjust their majors in order to shift to a more quality-oriented development. For college students who are admitted to the newly added majors, they should have a correct understanding of the majors they are studying in the upcoming college life: "On the premise of fully understanding the school's own educational situation, improve their professional ability, professional skills and comprehensive strength through systematic professional learning. Only by constantly improving their own abilities can they better meet the development needs of society." Setting up and adjusting majors in colleges and universities
Adapting to social needs and
Important measures to improve education quality
Add or remove majors
It cannot be simply equated with "popular" or "unpopular"
Students choose their majors
Combine your own interests and actual situation
Have a correct understanding of the chosen profession
Make the right choice
Sources: Jiangxi Communist Youth League, Upstream News, Heilongjiang Communist Youth League, Henan Communist Youth League, etc.
Editor: Zhang Ruiying
