An Analysis of the Reassignment and Withdrawal Mechanism of PhD Students in the University of Toronto,Canada
The reassignment and withdrawal system is an important means to improve the quality of doctoral education,and the system used in Canada is comparatively perfect.With the University of Toronto as an example,the doctoral student reassignment and withdrawal in Canada occurs mainly at such key points as student admission,curriculum design,qualifying examination,comprehensive examination and final oral examination.Based on the whole process concept,this university has developed a doctoral student reassignment and withdrawal mechanism,the main contents of which are the organizational mechanism,operational mechanism,and guarantee mechanism.As a result,a comparatively rigorous management system has been formed.With reference to the Canadian experience,this paper suggests that Chinese universities should have a correct understanding of the whole process-featured reassignment and withdrawal at the conceptual level,attach importance to annual progress review at operational level,and establish a comprehensive support service system at the guarantee level,so as to improve the mechanism of reassignment and withdrawal of doctoral students in China.
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