9日下午，教育部副部長林蕙青透露，關于社會廣泛關注的大學生休學創業，教育部今年將正式發布新修訂的《普通高等學校學生管理規定》，對彈性學制和休學創業等作出明確規定。

另據了解，國務院辦公廳2015年印發的《關于深化高等學校創新創業教育改革的實施意見》已明確提出：“實施彈性學制，放寬學生修業年限，允許調整學業進程、保留學籍休學創新創業”。

休學創業

關于休學創業，全國政協委員、新東方創始人/CEO俞敏洪去年曾這樣說：

"Students are allowed to suspend their courses to do business. I think that's good, but we must treat it rationally. As an angel investor, I'm invited to view graduates' startup projects every day. Speaking frankly, 95 percent of them are not innovative, just copycats, but that's normal, even in the United States. I think we should move forward by identifying really innovative projects and then supporting them with preferential policies".
現在允許學生休學創業，這是好事，但我們應該采取理性的態度。我現在搞天使投資，每天接觸的大學生項目非常多，坦率地說，95%是沒有創新的。但這是正常現象，就算在美國，100個公司里也沒有多少公司有創新能力，其余的都是模仿拷貝。我們應該進一步挑選出真正的創新項目，用優惠政策給予支持。

彈性學制

所謂彈性學制，狹義的定義是指學習內容有一定的選擇性，學習年限有一定的伸縮性的學校教育教學模式。它是在學分制的基礎上演進而至，是學分制的另類發展和表現。

間隔年” gap year

說到彈性學制，很多人會想到國外的“間隔年”（gap year）。

Gap year is an English expression (also known as drop year, deferred year, bridging year, etc) referring to a period of time - not necessarily a year in which students take time off and do something other than schooling, such as travel or work. The year out is most commonly taken after secondary school and before starting university. However, over recent years there has been an increase in 21-23 year olds taking a year out after completing their degree.
Gap year（空檔年）是一個英國詞兒，指學生離開學校一段時間，經歷一些學習以外的事情，比如外出旅行或者工作。當然，這段時間不一定非得是一年。空檔年一般選在離開中學進入大學之前。不過，近幾年越來越多21到23歲、已經獲得學位的年輕人也開始給自己一個空檔年。

The practice of taking a deferred year developed in the United Kingdom in the 1960s. During this time, a student might travel, engage in volunteer work overseas or undertake a working holiday abroad.
空檔年這種做法于二十世紀六十年代興起于英國。在空檔年期間，學生可以旅行、參與海外義工活動或者到國外打工度假。

A year out has grown very popular among students in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. A trend for year out is to participate in international education programs that combine language study, homestays, cultural immersion, community service, and independent study.
如今，空檔年在英國、澳大利亞、新西蘭以及加拿大的學生當中都已非常流行。新近的趨勢是在空檔年期間參與國際教育項目，其中包括語言學習、住家、文化滲透、社區服務以及獨立學習等。

（中國日報網英語點津 yaning）