I Am the President of the University

"Guanghua University will fully implement general education for the 2021 freshmen starting from September this year, that is, the next academic year!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked!

Discussing among each other.

"This is general education. Are there any schools in China that implement general education?"

"Yes, Tsinghua University, Peking University, and Fudan only implement general education for one or two colleges. I have never heard of any school in China doing this for the entire school."

"If the whole school implements it, how many teachers will be invested...at least the teacher-student ratio should reach 1:10, right?"

"Not to mention whether it is implemented throughout the school, I personally think that copying American general education will not work. Didn't Peking University Yuanpei College just copy the experiment and failed? It is not the same as the fourth school. If you ask me to say, it is better to insist on exam-oriented education, at least No mistakes.”

"I don't agree. The shackles of exam-oriented education have already appeared. Without changing the system, China's higher education will never have a way out!"

"You are too radical, young man, you cannot control this level."

For these professors to be able to sit here, their ability is definitely up to par, but their thinking is not necessarily so.

Chen Hao didn't stop him immediately, but Zheng Qiang on the side wanted to speak, but luckily he was stopped by Chen Hao. Zheng Qiang looked at Chen Hao's eyes and understood in his heart.

However, there were a few people who remained silent throughout the whole process, such as the MIT mathematics trio and Professor Yu Dong.

The other three people from Stanford, Yale, and Caltech scratched their heads and just sat there because they didn't have many acquaintances.

Chen Hao lowered his head and looked at his watch. The discussion had been going on for almost ten minutes and it was almost over.

"Everyone, be quiet and listen to what I have to say."

As soon as the leader spoke, everyone immediately became honest.

After all, this is not a public university. If you are a well-established university, even if you offend the principal, the principal will not be able to expel you. He can only give you a pair of shoes.

Private universities say they can expel students, but they can actually expel students.

"What some professors just said makes some sense. General education is a European and American education system. If it is copied and transplanted to China, it will definitely encounter the problem of acclimatization. For example, Peking University's Yuanpei College is a failed product... …”

Chen Hao took Yuanpei of Peking University to his face as a failure case, and then combined him with China's local conditions to prepare a "characteristic general education" in line with China's national conditions.

After finishing these words, the people who had previously objected fell into deep thought.

Judging from their IQ, this is indeed a route they can try.

And it failed... It has nothing to do with them. Anyway, Guanghua is there to support it. At worst, I will try another route.

Private universities are much more convenient than public universities as long as you have money and sufficient resources.

Every time a public university promulgates a policy, it has to hold three or five meetings before it is finally implemented.

The administration is bloated and inefficient.

At this time, a middle-aged professor wearing square glasses asked: "Principal Chen, your idea is quite novel. I think you can try it, but general education has very high requirements for teachers, especially It’s the teacher-student comparison…”

The middle-aged professor hesitated for a moment, and after looking at Chen Hao's face, he continued: "Guanghua's current teaching staff should, should not be enough."

Chen Hao glanced at the other party and asked calmly: "Professor Huang, what do you think the teacher-student ratio should be?"

"The bigger the teacher-student ratio is, the better. If you want to fully implement general education, it must be at least 1:10. Of course, the larger the number, the better." The middle-aged professor replied.

A teacher-student ratio of 1:10 is considered a healthy ratio, but it is very common in many domestic colleges and universities to have a ratio of 1:20, which means there are only about 1,000 teachers for 20,000 students.

After hearing this, Chen Hao just chuckled and waved his hand, "It's not a big problem. The main thing is that starting from the next level of freshmen, there will be enough time to give us a complete teaching staff."

"Principal, our Guanghua teacher gap is still... quite large." The middle-aged professor reminded tactfully.

Guanghua University currently has only a few hundred full-time teachers, and only 65.7% of them have associate senior or above.

Because many of them are part-time teachers from other schools, and many of these figures were recruited after Chen Hao took office. Compared with the 2,777 full-time teachers at Ludao University next door, the gap is five to six times.

It’s really too shabby…

"Don't worry about this, there will be several batches of full-time teachers reporting in the next six months." Chen Hao said calmly.

The middle-aged professor's lips twitched when he heard this. Several batches of teachers were described as several batches of goods were coming.

But when I think about it, it's the PhD graduation season soon, and with Guanghua's high salary, it can still attract a lot of people to go.

This is also Chen Hao's plan. Before the start of school in September, the number of full-time teachers must be supplemented to 1,000, and then the number of students will be reduced. With the help of the counterpart support from the seven schools of the Chip Alliance and the resources of Lu University, these two or three It should still be enough for the year.

In two or three years, the problem of Guanghua's teaching staff should be almost solved.

"Do you have any other questions?" Chen Hao asked.

Two people boldly asked a question.

After answering, Chen Hao was about to say goodbye to the meeting when a voice suddenly appeared.

"Principal Chen, I have a question."

Chen Hao looked over and saw that the person speaking was Professor Yu Dong.

"Professor Yu, tell me."

Professor Yu Dong straightened his back and his voice was a little cold.

"It's like this. I was familiar with some of the school's systems before I came to Guanghua. I know that Guanghua has a large bonus for issuing sci-fi. Isn't this a bit 'sci-only'?"

"Will there be some professors who write papers specifically for these bonuses? Will they write papers that are meaningless just to be published?"

"And will it play a big role in the SCI assessment?"

After this series of questions, before Chen Hao finished speaking, some professors started to make a fuss.

Yu Dong's words were so offending.

Who doesn’t know that Guanghua University offers generous bonuses for publishing in SCI, with a reward of 2 million yuan for a cns article, and a sub-journal of cns, with an if score of 20.0 or above, a reward of 200,000 yuan.

This is ruining people's financial opportunities!

Chen Hao smiled and gave Professor Yu Dong a special look. These words were quite sharp.

"Professor Yu's question is a good one, so let me respond here."

"Not only does Guanghua not have sci-only, but it is also eradicating [sci-only]. But I want to say that the eradication here refers to the number of sci-heaps.

Just like the Olympic medal list, it’s not about who has more medals, but who has more gold medals. "

Chen Hao said in a serious tone: "We need to do more quality research than quantity."

"Guanghua's high salary for sci publishing is to improve the quality of sci, not to make people pursue quantity. Besides, publish some worthless articles? Sorry, once the inspection finds out, they will be fired directly without mercy!" Chen Hao He said calmly.

He hopes that scientists should be rich not only on the spiritual level, but also on the material level.

But if someone wants to take advantage of this opportunity, he will not be merciful.

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ps: I haven’t finished writing yet, please wait a moment.

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Studying any subject requires examining the history of knowledge development.

5. For example, Peking University formulated and implemented the "Yuanpei Plan" in September 2001. Since 2002, a new teaching plan has been revised, and a free course selection system has been implemented for all undergraduates in the school. In terms of curriculum, in addition to professional required courses, school-wide required courses, and public elective courses, general elective courses are also provided. General elective courses include several courses in five fields: mathematics and natural sciences, social sciences, philosophy and psychology, history, linguistics and art. At the undergraduate level, the curriculum model of “general education + wide-caliber professional education” has basically been formed.

Starting from the new semester of 2005, Fudan University has integrated the school's 68 majors into 7 categories including humanities, law and politics, economics and management, natural sciences, technical sciences, mathematics, and hospitals. Freshmen will first study at Fudan University in their freshman year, and then enter the professional school one year later. Department of study. The college has reconstructed the curriculum content system according to the training objectives and established a curriculum framework for comprehensive education, basic liberal arts education and professional education.

Xinya Academy, established by Tsinghua University in 2014, draws heavily on the American liberal education or general education model in its educational philosophy and teaching plans.

USA:

1. In classic liberal arts colleges in the United States, all core courses are designed into three major systems including humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Students in the lower grades can choose freely among these courses, while senior students can major in one of them. Professional courses. Since the number of students and teachers is close, most of the courses are small class discussions. Teachers and students can even design their own courses and credits.

2. American university courses can be divided into three categories:

Major requirement

Elective courses()

General Education Courses ()

General education courses came into being. For example, if you choose an engineering major, you are also required to study literature, English, social sciences and other subjects. This type of course selection method is usually presented in the form of core courses (corecurriculum) in American universities - in addition to completing the credits of this major, you must also complete courses in other professional fields through electives.

What courses are offered in the general education system?

Different schools have different classifications, but the general education system of American universities can basically be divided into 9 categories:

1. Writing: Mainly teaches the basic outline of academic writing, including how to establish arguments, introduce arguments, find evidence, and draw conclusions, etc.

2. Professional writing: Teach more advanced writing skills, often combined with professional courses, to improve students' reading and analysis abilities in professional fields, fundamentally avoiding having a full stomach of knowledge without the ability to integrate and analyze writing.

3. Western cultural studies: It involves European and American culture and history. For Americans and international students, no matter what industry they are engaged in, they must know the origin of the land under their feet.

4. Minority cultures: refers to the study of non-Western cultures, including Asia, Africa, Oceania, etc.

5. Humanities and Art: This type of course is usually closer to art and covers a wide range of topics, such as music history, work appreciation, literary work research, etc.

6. Language: Most schools offer courses in various languages. Common ones include French, German, Spanish, Japanese, etc.