Abstract： For a long time, the legalization of the degree authorization review has been an important topic in the academic and practical community. In order to resolve the dilemma of "illegalization" of degree authorization review, academy has formed two completely different viewpoints: the reform and adjustment within the framework of the national degree system, and the transition from the national degree system to the university degree system. A rational and pragmatic point of view is that on the premise of adhering to the national degree system, the value of the university degree system should be absorbed to demonstrate the respect and protection of academic autonomy. Through the "permissionbased" transformation of the degree authorization review system, the degree authorization approval work will be transformed from "indicator control" to "permission statutory", so as to achieve a balance between academic autonomy and administrative supervision. From the perspective of government construction under the rule of law, the legalization of degree authorization review in China urgently needs to coordinate the two reform approaches of prescriptivism and functionalism. The former focuses on the clarification of the administrativelegal relationship among legal entities such as the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council, the provincial academic degree committees, and degreegranting units, aiming to clarify the rights and obligations of all parties involved in the degree authorization review; the latter is based on "academic selfregulation regulated by the state" principle, aims to build a new regulatory mechanism based on risks and standards, and forms a regulatory governance network for degree authorization review so as to promote the synergistic improvement of government regulatory effectiveness and degreegranting units′ autonomous governance capabilities.
[J]. 高校教育管理, 2023, 17(5): 54-67.
YAO Rong. From the Academic Degree Regulations to the Academic Degree Law：the legalization approach of China′s academic degree authorization examination. Journal of Higher Education Management, 2023, 17(5): 54-67.
2023, Vol. 17 
