It is understood that in recent years, some colleges and universities have stipulated that doctoral students must attend classes every week like undergraduates at a fixed time and place. Tutors cannot suspend classes at will. If they transfer classes, they must report and apply. In order to prevent teachers and students from being "lazy" or becoming mere formality, some schools will "check posts" from time to time. Is this rule really reasonable?

It is natural for teachers to lecture and students to listen. However, we should know that doctoral training is the most high-end education, which has its particularity. For example, the number of students is small, the students are old, and the overall consciousness is relatively strong. If it is stipulated that doctoral students must take classes step by step like undergraduates, there may be some problems. For example, some professional doctoral students have only a few people, or even only one person, does it occupy a classroom? Some students may do experiments and may not be able to attend classes at a fixed time and place; Some doctoral instructors may have to attend academic conferences and can't mechanically attend classes every week.

It seems reasonable but absurd to stipulate that doctoral students must attend classes every week like undergraduates. Its quality is caused by the traditional thinking of quantitative management and digital management. In fact, for doctoral training, managers can take a "Stocking" attitude. The so-called "Stocking" is definitely not to ignore it, but to adopt a "flexible and diverse" management method. Managers should first recognize the particularity of doctoral training. It is not a fixed time and place. It is called class only when you tell me. The tutor takes the doctoral students to do experiments. Is it called class? Is it called class for tutors to take doctoral students to attend academic conferences? Is it called class for tutors to take doctoral students to write papers? In the view of managers, these are not "classes" in class, which may be more valuable than the so-called classes step by step. Secondly, we should adhere to the principle of "not looking at the process, only looking at the results". No matter what the tutor and doctor do in their life, as long as they can finally produce a qualified graduation thesis is enough. In fact, no matter how "Stocking" managers are, mentors rarely "Stocking", and doctoral students dare not take it lightly. After all, there is a large graduation thesis that follows like a wolf all day. Some people may say, how to give students course grades without class? Very simple, let students submit course papers.

I once wrote an essay on the "three modernizations of education", which means that graduate education is undergraduate, undergraduate education is secondary, and middle school education is hellish. Of course, the so-called graduate students in the "three modernizations" mainly refer to master students. Unexpectedly, today's doctoral students have also joined the ranks of the "three modernizations", which is really unimaginable!