Topic-selecting reports should be submitted after choosing the topics of dissertation proposal which is formally passed after validation by College Degree Sub-Committee.

论文开题在选题后提交选题报告，经学院学位分委员会审定通过后正式开题。

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Once they come up with the final recommendations, a validation committee made up of experts in the education field will look over the standards and give their final approval by the end of January 2010.

CNN: State, federal education experts mull nationwide standards