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A | 据外媒报道，1月15日，亚马逊创始人杰夫·贝索斯离婚，小说家麦肯齐·贝索斯被公之于众。

Students practice their skills at a dance training center in Handan, North China's Hebei Province. Photos: VCG
Even during summer break, changes to the admissions policy at the Communication University of China (CUC) have sparked heated discussions among students, with the reform becoming a hot topic on campus and on social media.
Amid heated debate over China's top media and arts school's admission reform, eight majors, including radio and television directing and theater directing, will no longer require separate arts exams and will instead admit students based solely on gaokao (the national college entrance exam) scores starting next year.
China's art college entrance examination, known as yikao, is a special admission pathway for students applying to arts-related majors. Applicants take both the gaokao and professional tests in areas such as fine arts, music, dance, acting, broadcasting and directing. Compared with many other university programs, art majors have traditionally placed less emphasis on gaokao scores and more on candidates' professional abilities and artistic potential.
"As one of China's most influential universities for media education, CUC's reform is seen as having broader implications," Xiong Bingqi, president of the 21st Century Education Research Institute and vice president of the China Association of College Newspapers, told the Global Times.
In his view, future arts admissions are likely to place greater emphasis on students' cultural literacy, professional interests and long-term potential.
A view of the campus of Communication University of China in Beijing

A view of the campus of Communication University of China in Beijing
Beyond the 'shortcut'

CUC's move reflects a broader trend among Chinese arts universities. In recent years, institutions such as Nanjing University of the Arts and Henan Academy of Fine Arts have reduced the number of majors requiring school-based exams on their specific art subjects, placing greater emphasis on academic performance and provincial-level arts examinations.
The changes reflect a broader trend in China's arts education admissions system, where universities have increasingly emphasized students' cultural foundation alongside their artistic abilities.
"CUC's latest adjustment reflects a broader trend in arts education reform, with some arts-related majors beginning to admit students based on their gaokao scores rather than separate professional examinations," Xiong told the Global Times.
According to Xiong, one of the key goals of the reform is to address the utilitarian mindset among some students and parents who view arts admissions as a "shortcut to college."
In the past, some arts programs had relatively lower requirements for cultural scores, prompting some students with weaker academic performance to turn to arts exams and enroll in professional training programs during high school. As a result, arts admissions were sometimes seen not as a choice driven by genuine artistic interest or career aspirations, but as an alternative pathway to enter universities.
"The cooling of arts exam fever, to me, is a good thing for arts education and talent cultivation," Xiong said. "By admitting eight majors directly based on cultural scores, CUC is effectively removing the stepping stone of the 'shortcut to college,' allowing more students with genuine artistic interests and professional ambitions to enter these fields."
For students, the reform has directly changed how they prepare for university and make academic choices.
"The changes have created more pathways for students interested in media-related fields," a junior arts management student surnamed Wang at CUC, told the Global Times.
Wang recalled that many students around her began preparing for arts exams as early as their sophomore year of high school and later traveled to cities where their target universities were located for intensive training.
As some media-related majors shift to cultural-score-based admissions, more students who did not take the arts exam but have a genuine interest in the media field may gain opportunities to enter these programs, she said.
Rethinking media talent
Beyond changing how students enter arts majors, the reform has also sparked discussion over how universities should train future media professionals.
A CUC sophomore student surnamed Wei from the School of Theater, Film and Television told the Global Times that one challenge after scrapping arts exams for some majors is how to support students who enter without systematic professional training.
"Students who previously prepared for arts exams often developed basic skills in audiovisual language and practical experience before entering university. Those admitted based on gaokao scores may need stronger professional guidance and more opportunities for practice," Wei said.
In addition to individual student development, the reform has also prompted discussions over what qualities future media professionals should possess. Kai Zhu, a drama education instructor at a leading high school in Beijing, told the Global Times that an overemphasis on exam-oriented training in media arts education had previously led some programs to focus on templates and techniques while neglecting core competencies.
"If media arts become a low-score pathway to university, the professional nature of the field will become blurred, and the industry may face a shortage of well-rounded talent," Kai said. CUC's reform signals a shift toward selecting media talent with both cultural depth and professional skills.
"Creative fields such as screenwriting and filmmaking are not built on technical skills alone; they require an understanding of society, humanity and history," he said.
"Cultural accumulation determines the depth and vision of creative works."
The reform is therefore not merely about changing the way students enter arts programs. Ultimately, it is about what kind of creators media and arts programs hope to nurture: not only those equipped with professional skills, but those who can think deeply, understand society and transform their cultural knowledge into meaningful works, he noted.
Wang Wenpei contributed to this story.

。在与杰夫·贝佐斯结婚25年期间，麦肯锡一直是亚马逊电子商务的忠实大使。正是亚马逊使她和她丈夫成为了世界上最富有的夫妇。麦肯齐·贝索斯是亚马逊出生传说中不可或缺的一部分。时间可以追溯到1994年。麦肯齐开车去西雅图，是她丈夫贝索斯坐在副驾驶座上。当时，他们共同制定了创业公司的商业计划。亚马逊的第一位会计师麦肯齐（McKenzie）参与了亚马逊从一家小型网上书店到如今的电子商务巨头的成长，现在亚马逊已经成为美国历史上第二家价值超过1万亿美元的公司。图片：贝佐斯夫妇是一位48岁的小说家，参加了由《名利场》主办的2018年奥斯卡晚会。但25年来，亚马逊几乎完全定义了她的公众形象。最近关于她和丈夫即将离婚的消息可能很快会改变这一点。贝佐斯的twitter账号首次出现在杰夫和麦肯齐签署的一份声明中，他在声明中写道：“经过一次充满爱的探索和暂时的分离，我们决定离婚，继续以朋友的身份生活在一起。

B | ”这对夫妇带着四个孩子写道，“作为父母、朋友、商业和项目合作伙伴，以及面临风险和他们愿意冒险，他们看到了光明的未来。“在过去的几十年里，随着亚马逊的发展，贝索斯夫妇已经联合起来参加了许多备受瞩目的活动，包括由名利场赞助的奥斯卡派对和金球奖。2012年，麦金齐主持了由亚马逊赞助的纽约大都会艺术博物馆慈善舞会。

C | 但在大多数情况下，麦肯锡一直致力于保护他的隐私。与媒体关注的焦点相比，她更喜欢关注写作和孩子。麦肯锡很少引起公众的注意，既不宣传他的书，也不维护他丈夫公司的声誉。

D | 2013年，她发表了一篇关于亚马逊的严肃的一星评论，批评了亚马逊写的布拉德斯通的《一切商店》，称之为“充满事实错误”和“充满扩展非小说书籍界限的技能”。斯通是一位经验丰富的科学记者。为《纽约时报》撰写书评的尖田美彦（Michiko Kakutani）说，斯通讲述了“一个颠覆性创新的故事，充满权威和激情，以及许多知识渊博的故事。”尽管麦肯锡可能会获得迄今为止最大的离婚协议，但对低调的女性知之甚少。麦肯锡·塔特尔在见到丈夫之前是个雄心勃勃的小说家。她会见了纽约对冲基金D.E.Shaw的计算机科学家Bezos，他已经是该公司的高级副总裁。麦肯齐告诉《时尚》杂志说，她在公司做行政助理，在写小说的时候补贴家人。

E | 但很快麦肯锡发现自己被隔壁办公室里那个人的笑声迷住了。麦肯齐在2013年接受查理·罗斯的采访时说，“起初我对他的声音很着迷。

F | ”在他们约会后不到三个月，这对夫妇订婚了；不久之后，他们在佛罗里达州西棕榈滩的一个度假胜地结婚。贝佐斯30岁，麦肯齐23岁。1999年，也就是他结婚六年后，贝佐斯告诉《连线》杂志，他曾希望见到一个“足智多谋”的伴侣。

G | 与丈夫相比，麦肯锡经常把自己描述成一个书呆子般的内向者。这种吸引力似乎是相互的。在2017年的一次峰会上，贝佐斯说，他的妻子有句名言：“我宁愿生个九指小孩，也不愿意生个傻子。”麦肯齐的文学抱负由来已久。根据作者在亚马逊上的采访和传记（她害羞地在亚马逊上写道她“和丈夫和四个孩子住在西雅图”），她在六岁时开始认真写作，那时她完成了一本142页的书《蠕虫》。后来，手稿被洪水冲毁，这导致麦肯锡现在仔细地备份了他写的每一个字。在普林斯顿大学学习期间，麦肯锡在诺贝尔奖获得者和小说家托尼·莫里森的指导下学习了创造性写作。

H | 莫里森聘请她为1992年小说《爵士乐》的研究助理，并将她介绍给阿曼达·乌尔本，阿曼达·乌尔本是她的高级文学经纪人。在《时尚》杂志上，莫里森称赞麦肯锡是一个罕见的天才，称她为“我在创意写作课上遇到的最好的学生之一”。2005年，麦肯锡的首部小说《路德·奥尔布赖特的考验》受到了莫里森的热烈赞扬，莫里森称之为“一部罕见的作品：一部令人心碎、情感成熟的小说”。

I | 1992年，贝索斯从普林斯顿大学毕业6年后，麦肯锡从同一所大学毕业。

J | 她接受了行政助理的工作，这使她能够接触到未来的电子商务巨头。贝佐斯夫妇于1993年结婚，1994年搬到西雅图，当时亚马逊成立。亚马逊成立后不久，麦肯锡的身份就融入了她丈夫的公司。她想在出版业留下自己的印记，而她的丈夫则拼命地想颠覆它。从一开始，亚马逊大使就知道贝索斯想利用互联网颠覆传统的零售业。他很快把亚马逊打造成一家成功的网上书店，并开始多元化销售音乐唱片、视频、药品和其他消费品。在1999年接受《连线》采访时，他告诉了奇普拜耳关于他的愿景。贝佐斯预测，到2020年，“你现在购买的大量商店，如主食、纸制品、清洁用品，将以电子方式订购。