Research On The Specialty Convergence Establishment In Single-subject Colleges

In China, the convergence of specialty establishment in Single-subject Colleges has become very common in these years. As a result, different Single-subject Colleges have gradually lost their character and the empolyment rate of the graduates from those colleges stayed low while more and more duplicate specialties are emerging. Lots of dispution, suspicion or even reproach about this convergence have arised. But before coming to the evaluation about that, there are a series of questions we have to make clear. Is this convergence unreasonable? The convergence will eventually turn the single-subject colleges into comprehensive universities? If the answers are positive, then how should we evaluate those universities and colleges which took the ways to become comprehensive and still keep their own character? If the answers are negative, then what leads to the specialty convergence in Single-subject colleges? It is necessary to give theoretical answers on the base of analyzing the expeiences of the Single-subject Colleges.For the purpose of giving answers to these questions, this paper tries to analyze the convergence of specialty establishment theoretically, with the apperance of the single-subject colleges as the logic starting point, the moment that single-subject colleges took comprehensive development path as the time starting point, the specialty establishing in different stages as the demonstration clues. This paper consists of the following three parts.The first part will analyze theorectically the comprehensive development of universities, which is the background of the convergence of single-subject colleges. By exploring the internal reason why comprehensive universities are superior to single-subject colleges, it can be concluded that the comprehensive development of universities and colleges is not only reasonable but also inevitable, which actually not only brought more complete and more comprehensive disciplines for universities and colleges, but also enhanced their own character. This conclusion provides a theoretical basis for further analysis about the convergence of single-subject colleges. The second part of the paper focuses on the history of the single-subject colleges' comprehensive development as well as the colleges' current structure of disciplines and specialties, indicating that the convergence of specialty establishment is the focus of comprehensive development. The paper tries to describe well and truly the course of the convergence of specialty establishment, to demonstrate the different ways taken by different type of colleges and to find out the cause of it. The structure of disciplines and specialties in different types of colleges are classified and then analyzed from the year 1980.On the basis of the above analysis, the third part of the paper tries to demonstrate the common causes as well as individual cuases of the convergence of specialty establishment in different type of colleges, confirming that the convergence is not the necessary result of the universities and colleges' comprehensive development. It can also be confirmed that the convergence of specialty establishment in single-subject colleges is quite reasonable and rational. Based on this, the paper brings forward a series of advice to the government and colleges which are playing great role in the course of convergence of specialty establishment.