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Preparing Future Scholars & Professionals:Facilitating Professional Development Of Graduate Students
Hong GAOVice Secretary General, Chinese Society of Academic Degrees and Graduate Education
Associate Dean, Graduate School, Tsinghua University
Chengdu, August 5, 2012
Graduate education in transition Tsinghua’s practice
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Changing landscape of graduate education
Knowledge-based economy favors more educated and academically skilled professionals
Transition of economic development Rapid growth in graduate enrollment
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Year Doctoral degrees Master’s degrees
1998 8,498 40,384
2010 50,735 458,214
Degrees Awarded
Annual Report on Degrees and Graduate Education in China, 2010
Chinese Society of Academic Degrees and Graduate Education4
Changing landscape of graduate education
Diversified career paths Percentile of graduates taking academic career paths
Employer’s expectations of well-developed “soft skills”/transferable skills− critical thinking− problem solving− teamwork− oral and written communications
− professionalism/work ethic
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Changing landscape of graduate education
How responsive is higher education to the needs of the labor market?
Purpose of graduate education?— Academic & professional degree programs
Reshaping graduate education to better serve our nation’s economic development to better facilitate professional development of
graduate students
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Challenges to graduate education
Master’s education in transition— Enlarging enrollment in professional degree programs
leading to 39 professional master degrees and 5 professional doctoral degrees
— Full-time professional programs offered to college graduates aiming at non academic careers
— Professional degree programs redesigned to include more hands-on experience, case study, project-based learning, internship opportunities, “soft skills”, ……
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What can we do?
Initiative on reforming professional degree programs– 64 universities – 15 professional degrees
Main challenges– students with no work experience– research-oriented faculty– academic-oriented curriculums – lack of effective communication between academia and
industry
Reforming professional programs
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Reforming professional programs
Reflection on the goal of programs, curriculum design, effective teaching and learning, format of the master’s thesis
Curriculum redesigned– Case study, project based learning
– Intern as a required learning experience
– Substitute case study report, policy analysis, etc. for the Master’s thesis
– Involvement of industry in curriculum design, teaching, and internship arrangement
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Professional development programs
Professional development programs– Help developing transferable skills
• Ph.D. students: research integrity, teaching skills, research paper writing and presentation, ……
• Engineering students: engineering ethics, technology entrepreneurial skills, communication and teamwork, management
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Reforming graduate education Tsinghua’s practice
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Goals of graduate programs
Research-Research-orientedoriented
Research-Research-orientedoriented
Application-Application-orientedoriented
Application-Application-orientedoriented
40% in academic programs40% in academic programs
How to prepare scholars and high quality professionals for diversified career paths?
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60% in Professional programs60% in Professional programs
Master’s Master’s studentsstudents14,10014,100
Master’s Master’s studentsstudents14,10014,100
Doctoral Doctoral students students
6,8606,860
Doctoral Doctoral students students
6,8606,86099% in Ph.D. programs99% in Ph.D. programs99% in Ph.D. programs99% in Ph.D. programs
Academic & Professional Development Program
Career planning from orientation Ten seminars each semester by experienced
faculty members to help developing skills for different career paths
—research integrity—research paper writing and presentation—innovation and technology entrepreneurship—communication and leadership—......
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International Collaboration
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Purpose and nature of graduate education have been changing
Innovation in program and curriculum design is called for
Transferable skills are crucial for our students to be successful in future career
Graduate school can play a role in facilitating such a change in professional development
In summary
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