Last year, 925 majors were withdrawn by colleges and universities
In mid-April, the topic of the adjustment of disciplines in colleges and universities was frequently searched, and relevant news showed that in 4, 2022,1641 new majors were recorded, 176 new majors were newly approved and 925 majors were withdrawn.
Through the increase and decrease of data, we can glimpse the law of the growth and development of disciplines.
Reform is constantly advancing. So, what kind of impact has the adjustment of disciplines in colleges and universities brought to students and teachers? The reporter interviewed teachers and students of relevant colleges and universities to listen to the stories of ordinary people.
student
Strive for transformation
When the entry "90 universities revoke public affairs management majors" was hotly searched, Liu Yu, who works in a state-owned enterprise in Zhejiang, couldn't help but comment: Graduates of the major are here!
In 2007, Liu Yu took the college entrance examination in Zhejiang County, and his score was 17 points higher than the key line of liberal arts. After failing to be admitted to three schools in a row, she was transferred to a "double first-class" university in the north to major in public affairs management.
College entrance examination students like Liu Yu have come at a time when public affairs management majors are emerging in Chinese universities. At the beginning of the 21st century, the major of public affairs management was introduced to China, and from 2000 to 2004 alone, the number of colleges and universities offering this major increased from 57 to more than 300, with an average annual growth rate of more than 40%.
After entering the university, what awaits Liu Yu is a "hodgepodge" of knowledge, and almost the entire basic courses of the college have to be learned. Compared with the opening of majors in full swing, at the other end of the spectrum is the gap between students' "useless learning". Liu Yu hit a wall in several graduation interviews in a row, and the general but not refined management discipline was not bought by the labor market, and the corporate HR clearly told her, "I want secretarial or Chinese majors more." "What about the civil service exam? Liu Yu found that the number of jobs that can be reported for public affairs management majors is limited, or there are "three unlimited" positions, and the competition is fierce.
With this "golden oil" diploma, Liu Yu worked as a journalist and a private company clerical until he established himself in the party office of a state-owned enterprise.
The Employment and Service Guidance Center of Huazhong University of Science and Technology has issued employment recommendations, believing that "the scale and development speed of public affairs management majors have exceeded the pace of reform of China's public management system and public institutions, and supply exceeds demand", "the core competitiveness of the main courses of the major is not strong, the employment direction is not clear, and there is a lack of irreplaceability." ”
Zhang Qi, who also majored in management in Wuhan universities, has a mirror version of the story with Liu Yu. In the 2014 graduation season, most of the students in the class were very tortuous in their job search, "During the school recruitment, the students interviewed more than <> companies in a row, and finally joined a travel platform, and the work content was to do activities and connect with businesses. Other students, the work they do is basically unrelated to this major. Zhang Qi eventually went to the University Student Volunteer Service West Program, and has remained in the Tibet public institution until now.
Analyzing the "rise and fall history" of public affairs management majors, we can glimpse the laws presented by some colleges and universities in professional settings. They are often opened under specific historical conditions, which can be called the "phenomenal" Internet celebrity profession at that time; The cost of running a school is low, and it has become a popular major to be chased in the context of higher education expansion, but in the later stage, these majors are not "sensitive" enough to changes in the demand for talents in the economic and social structure, and are not forward-looking enough, and they are eliminated due to the disconnect between supply and demand.
"Through learning informatization and intelligent technology, I finally made a smooth transformation." Li Fan, who graduated from Heilongjiang University with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering and Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan, successfully changed careers in 2022 after working in the real estate industry for a year, and he is now a developer of intelligent information systems for construction sites such as subways and tunnels.
teacher
Find your place again
Recently, the Ministry of Education and other issued the "General Higher Education Discipline Adjustment and Optimization Reform Plan" proposed that by 2025, about 20% of the disciplines in colleges and universities will be optimized and adjusted, and the intensity can be imagined.
In the wave of optimization and adjustment of subjects, professional teachers are one of the most affected groups, some actively embrace change and make adjustments, and some are still struggling to find an outlet.
The 2021 graduation season is scorching sun. Zheng Wenbin, associate professor of the post-80s generation in an application-oriented university in China, looked at the playground from afar, and the graduates threw up their bachelor's hats and took photos together, and their hearts were full of flavors. A student came to him and asked, "Teacher, when we go back to our alma mater in the future, we will never see chemistry majors again?" ”
The chemistry major was withdrawn, but the long-hanging boots finally landed. As early as 5 years ago, there was a rumor in the school. At the communication meeting between school leaders and staff, Zheng Wenbin realized that this was the result of the school's positioning and professional dilemma.
Zheng Wenbin turned out a job posting in a city in Jiangsu Province in March this year and told reporters, "In the recruitment conditions for high school chemistry teachers in various places, undergraduate students are no longer competitive, and some recruitment has clearly required graduate students." "The school originally opened a chemistry major to train high school chemistry teachers, but there are only a few graduates who have become high school chemistry teachers for many years, which goes against the original intention of the major.
In addition, relevant national documents propose to "guide some local ordinary undergraduate colleges and universities to transform into application-oriented" and "mainly focus on application-oriented talent training and serve regional economic and social development", clarifying that different types of colleges and universities can adopt different reform directions.
In 2017, the school stopped recruiting chemistry students; In 2021, the last batch of students in this major graduated; According to the Ministry of Education, majors that have not been enrolled for five years need to be revoked, and in 2022, this major "disappeared". It should be noted that only the professional courses of the reorganization system are abolished, but teachers can continue to offer public courses in basic subjects.
In July 2022, Zhang Qin, a post-7s doctor and lecturer who taught a professional course at the college next door to Zheng Wenbin, officially sent away the first and last batch of graduates of his professional course.
When students leave, where do teachers go? After a brief psychological gap, Zhang Qin refound his position as a public class teacher, "The lecture content is related to my original major, and I spent a summer vacation preparing lessons, making teaching plans, and quickly adapting to my new identity." Zheng Wenbin received an olive branch from another college and became a teacher of similar professional courses in the same subject.
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