11月21日，北京大学、复旦大学[1]等七所高校[2]按照此前约定，发布了联合举行自主招生考试的公告。此前，清华大学[3]、中国科技大学[4]等七所高校已签署2011年自主招生联考[5]协议。
高校组团联考属于自主招生方式方法的改革[6]，与大学生的培养质量[7]虽有关联却非同一议题，不可混为一谈。
相同或相似类型和层次的大学，在学科设置、办学质量及办学特色等方面，具有某种相似度，在生源选择方面，也有相对的一致性，比如，北京大学等七校基本上都是以文、理、医、工科[8]见长的综合性大学，而清华大学等七校则偏重于理科强校与工科强校。
除此之外，上述高校也都有各自不同的特点和生源需求，尽管设置了多门考试科目，但选考哪些科目以及每科成绩如何使用，则由各高校根据人才选拔需求自行决定。这比较充分地体现了自主招生的本义。
从考生角度看，过去中学生参加自主招生考试，一次只能选报一所大学，而由于大学自主招生考试时间相对集中，使得中学生基本上无法参加两所及以上大学考试。组团联考不仅降低了考试成本，给考生提供了更多的选择机会，也给大学的组织工作减轻了压力。
高校联盟[9]在自主招生领域的出现，也会使优秀生源竞争更加激烈。生源竞争是世界高等教育领域的普遍现象，任何一所学校都有权力通过竞争，获得更好的、适合自己的生源，正如任何学生都有权力自主选择报考志愿一样。
高校组团联考是值得肯定的积极探索。高等教育领域应出现更多的以办学层次、类型、学科为主要参考的自主招生联盟。如果可以实现，自主招生的探索会取得更多积极成效。
On November 21st, Beijing University, Fudan University and 7 other universities and colleges agreed upon prior decisions, and published an announcement of uniting in self-managing the examination for recruiting new students. Prior to this, Qinghua University, China's University of Science and Technology and 7 other universities already signed an agreement for managing a jointly given entrance exam for new students.
The jointly given entrance exam of the group of universities is a part in the reform of self managing the method for recruiting students. Although this is related to the quality of fostering university students, this is not an identical discussion topic, and shouldn't be confused with it.
Universities of identical or similar category or rank, in setting up their study courses, managing the study quality, study features and other aspects, posses a certain kind of similar degree. In the aspect of selecting their students' source, there are alternative practices. For example, Beijing University and 7 other schools are basically universities which are good in their integration of humanities, realities, medicine and engineering, yet Qinghua University and other 7 schools lay stress on being strong at sciences and engineering.
Except for this, the above mentioned universities all have their different characteristics and requirements for their source of students, freely setting up many exam subjects, while considering how to apply the results in each subject. Therefore each university decides by itself about the selection requirements, according to persons' abilities. This comparison fully embodies the central meaning of self recruiting students.
From the examinees perspective, who are former middle school students who attend the self recruiting examination, can only select one university at a time. Through the alternative focus on the student self recruiting examination, middle school student basically have no way to attend the university examination in two or more universities. The group of the jointly given entrance exam not only reduces the examination cost and provides more selection options to examinees, but also reduces pressure on the organizing job of universities.
The alliance of colleges and universities and the arising of the realm of self recruiting students, could also lead to a more fierce competition for outstanding students. A competition for the students' source is a common phenomenon in the realm of high education worldwide. Every school has the authority to acquire better students through such competition, who are suitable to its own source of students, just like any student has the right to make his (or her) own choice about his ideal entrance examination.
The jointly entrance exam of the group of colleges and universities, is a positive probation that deserves approval. More alliances in the recruiting of students should appear in realm of high education, mainly according to the level, category and branch of learning. If this could be achieved, the probation of self recruitment of students could acquire even more positive results.
[1] 复旦大学 fùdàn dàxué - Fudan University, Shanghai, rated as the 3rd best university in China.
[2] 高校 gāo xiào - Universities and colleges (or high-schools), high education.
[3]清华大学 qīnghuá dàxué - Qinghua University, Beijing, often ranked as one of the two best universities (along with Beijing University) in China.
[4] 中国科技大学 zhōngguó kējì dàxué - University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui Province (previously located in Beijing).
[5] 自主招生联考 zìzhǔ zhāoshēng lián kǎo - 'Self managed jointly given entrance exam'
[6] 自主招生方式方法的改革 zìzhǔ zhāoshēng fāngshì fāngfǎ de gǎigé - 'The reform in the self recruiting students method'
[7] 大学生的培养质量 dàxuésheng de péiyǎng zhìliàng - 'The fostering quality of university students' -
[8] 文、理、医、工 wén, lǐ, yī, gōng - General study diciplines. '文' refers to humanities, '理' to sciences, '医' to medicine and '工' to engineering.
[9] 高校联盟 gāoxiào liánméng - 'The alliance of universities and colleges'-
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