Police without degrees?

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SENIOR high school graduates aspiring to become police officers might find themselves faced with a tough choice. If they want to enroll in a police academy, they will probably have to give up a much-coveted bachelor's degree.

According to a recent online post widely quoted in major news portals, police academies in China will stop offering bachelor's degrees starting this fall. Instead, they will learn from American police academies, putting more focus on professional training rather than degree-oriented academic study.

Although the Public Security Bureau claims the report is not entirely true, it did tell the Southern Metropolis Daily that reforms will be made in police education. It said that the details and time frame of the reform are still being deliberated.

Most commentators are supportive of the reform, saying it will produce better cops with more practical knowledge. Others wonder whether the quality of the students can be guaranteed if the enrollment is open to everybody. They also wonder whether the threshold will be too high if only college graduates are to be admitted.

What do you think? Should police academies stop offering college degrees?