“专业硕士扩招”的理性思考——基于S大学践行政策过程的质性研究

Professional Postgraduate Education Massification:A Qualitative Study of S University's Approach to Policy Implementation

从2009年开启专业硕士扩招之路,2013年专业硕士已占硕士招生总额的41.57%,到2015年其规模将与学术型学位持平。本研究基于哈贝马斯的交往行为理论,以S大学践行专业硕士扩招政策的过程为例实施质性研究,访谈了S大学的学校/学院管理者、教师和学生等参与主体。研究结果表明:各参与主体的身份和地位影响了其对专业硕士教育的理解,制约了其在专业硕士教育实施过程中主体性和积极性的发挥,导致其未能围绕专业硕士教育的目的、过程等交往行为达成共识。因此,院校若要保障和提高专业硕士教育的质量,须在专业硕士教育实施的各个环节有效整合各参与主体的意见和行为,建立有效的反馈和质量监控体系。

The massification scale of full-time professional postgraduate education,being initiated in 2009,was 41.57%of the entire postgraduate education in 2013 and is projected to be half of the postgraduate education by 2015.In order to qualitatively explore the massification policies for professional postgraduate education at S University,the authors interviewed administrators,faculty members,and students at both the institutional and department levels.Findings suggest that stakeholders share different opinions on professional postgraduate education and,as a result,approach its objectives and implementation processes differently.Higher education institutions are challenged with a mission to align different understandings of stakeholders through establishing effective evaluation and quality control mechanisms.