前途靠运气大学抓阄分专业备受指责_时事

前途靠运气大学抓阄分专业备受指责

A central China university has caused controversyby making its students pick their majors through a lottery system。

中国中部的一所大学让学生通过抓阄来分专业，这引起了人们的争议。

The auditorium at the University of South China in Hunan Province was especially crowded theevening of September 8, when hundreds of students queued to pick their majors through luckof the draw。

9月8日晚上，湖南省南华大学的大礼堂里十分拥挤，成千上百的学生在这里排队抓阄选专业。

Second-year students from the department of civil engineering under the urban planningschool are required to focus on one of the department’s seven majors。

城建学院土木工程系的大二学生要在七大专业方向里选择专业。

Lu Qinghua, an official with the school, said, "We were forced to take these measures. Ifchoosing a major is solely based on students’ wants, some majors will be overcrowded andothers will have difficulty enrolling enough students. There are some other colleges that use thismethod."

学校里一位领导卢清华[微博]说：“我们也是被迫采取这些措施的。如果仅按照学生意愿来选择专业，一些专业会人满为患，而另一些专业则会招不满。别的学校也有这样做的。

Lu added that not all of the department’s 585 students must rely on luck. The top 190students in the department may choose their majors freely. Students who draw through thelottery still have a chance to switch with another student before their majors are finally set。