Abstract：The academic degree authorization audit is an important part of the academic degree system and an important mechanism for graduate education access. Thirteen academic degree authorization audits in China, from the centralized audit to gradual decentralization, show evolutionary characteristics of the downward shift of the focus. Facing requirements of highquality development of graduate education, the academic degree authorization audit faces new problems and challenges, and should be optimized and improved in the following aspects. In terms of the construction of rule of law, we should clarify the legal nature of the academic degree authorization audit, clarify statutory duties of Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council and provincial academic degrees committees, and standardize operation and implementation procedures. In terms of the layout of academic degree points, we should establish "integrated" access standards and the "classified coordination" audit mechanism. In terms of the process of application and evaluation, we should improve the index design, strengthen information supervision, and standardize the independent audit of colleges and universities. In terms of postauthorization management, we should strengthen evaluation supervision and planning guidance to promote the connotation development of academic degree points.
2022, Vol. 16 
