TITLE:
An Analysis of China’s Higher Education Public Policy “College Students Can Suspend Study to Start up Businesses”
AUTHORS:
Tao Jiang, Fang Zhou
KEYWORDS:
Public Problem, Policy Problem, Policy Making, College Students, Suspend Study to Start up Businesses
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.5 No.8,
August
30,
2017
ABSTRACT: In recent years, the number of college graduates in China has been increasing rapidly and has reached several new highs. Therefore, the employment situation of college students in China is becoming increasingly grim, drawing wide attention and concern from all walks of life in society. The Ministry of Education officially put forward the policy of College Students can Suspend Study to Start Up Businesses in 2016. The policy is in favour of universities and colleges adopting flexible schooling systems, lengthening students’ school years on campus, allowing students to adjust their academic progress to start up their businesses while retaining their student identity. This article is written in the purpose of analyzing the policy from the perspectives of public policy-making methodologies, procedures and the backgrounds against which the policy was made, weighing its pros and cons and its practicality and offering some suggestions concerning it to make the policy more applicable and effective.