Beijing's university students will be able to move at their own pace on the road to their degrees, taking between three and six years to graduate, if the city moves forward as expected with a more flexible credit system.
假如北京可以如期推出愈加灵活的学分制体系,本市的大学生就可以自主学会学习进度,可以在三年到六年的时间内毕业并拿到学位。
在上面的报道中,credit system就是学分制。Credit在这里的意思是学分,有时也会用credit hour来表示学分这个定义。改革后的体制中将或许会charge tuition according to credit hours of education(按学分收取学费),如此学生就能自主安排学习进度了。
Credit更容易见到的意思是信用,譬如,现在有专门的credit investigation1 system(征信规范),为企业和个人打造credit file(信用档案),并依法对外提供credit report(信用报告)。在经济范围,金融机构会依据经济形势采取credit contraction(信用紧缩)或credit expansion(信用扩张)政策。不过,信用扩张在被滥用的状况下或许会致使credit inflation(信用膨胀),而信用紧缩过度也会会致使credit crisis(信贷危机)。