How to understand the position and function of party building in private colleges and universities
Compared with public colleges and universities, the political system and economic system of party-run Chang Guangming private colleges and universities are very different. Political system: public colleges and universities implement the principal responsibility system under the leadership of the party Committee, which has "statutory" absolute authority and supreme status; The leadership system of private colleges and universities is generally the principal responsibility system under the leadership of the board of directors, and the principal and school affairs Committee appointed by the board of directors are the highest authority of the school. This political system mainly depends on the economic system. Public colleges and universities are established by state investment, the assets of schools are owned by the state, and the funds for running schools are mainly allocated by the state. On behalf of the party and the state, the Party Committee of the school manages the assets of colleges and universities and decides the major expenditures of colleges and universities. The investment of private colleges and universities comes from private self-raised funds, so the school affairs Committee is only responsible for investing in the board of directors. The difference between economic system and political system determines that the status of the party organization in private colleges and universities is different from that in public colleges and universities. In addition, the number of party member in the leading bodies of private colleges and universities also determines the position and role of party organizations to varying degrees. Therefore, the party building work of private colleges and universities must not copy the practice of public colleges and universities. In the 50 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the party building work in public colleges and universities has become familiar and there are laws to follow. However, private colleges and universities are only new things that have been born for about ten years, and the party building work is still in its infancy. Therefore, how to understand the position and role of Party building in private colleges and universities is a big problem for all party member in private colleges and universities. This big problem contains many small problems, such as: the role and responsibility of party organizations in private colleges and universities, the necessity of party organization construction in private colleges and universities, the role of party organizations and party member in private colleges and universities, the importance of party building in private colleges and universities, how to strengthen party building work in private colleges and universities, and so on. To understand the position of party building in private colleges and universities, we must first understand the necessity of party organization construction in private colleges and universities. Although the system of private colleges and universities in China is different from that of public colleges and universities, the purpose and nature of running schools are exactly the same, and they also shoulder the heavy responsibility of cultivating builders and successors of the socialist cause. We should also conscientiously implement the educational policy of the party and the state and adhere to the socialist direction of running schools. Strengthening Party building and promoting the implementation of the principles and policies of the Party and the state in schools is an inevitable requirement to ensure that private colleges and universities adhere to the socialist direction of running schools. If private colleges and universities do not establish party organizations, the party's mass base and ruling base here will be weakened, and it will be difficult for the party's educational principles and policies to be implemented in time, and it will be difficult to ensure the socialist direction of running schools. In recent years, some private schools have problems or even closed down. The main reason is that the school party organization is not perfect and the party building work is not done well. The healthy, stable and rapid development of Cai Ying University benefits from the early establishment of the Party organization and the good work of Party building. Judging from the positive and negative experiences and lessons, it is very necessary for private colleges and universities to establish party organizations. In addition, the party organization exists only in form in private colleges and universities, and it has no authoritative position, nor can it play a role, let alone exist in name only. Party organizations in private colleges and universities shoulder two main functions: first, direct functions, such as giving play to the political core role of party committees, the fighting bastion role of branches, and the vanguard and exemplary role of party member, publicizing and implementing the party's line, principles and policies and the resolutions and decisions of higher-level party committees, and strengthening ideological and political work and moral education. The second is the supervision function, that is, to supervise the administrative institutions and leaders of the college to conscientiously implement the party's educational policy, abide by national laws and regulations, and adhere to the socialist direction of running schools. These two main functions, that is, we often say the role of protection and supervision. Practice has proved that the party organization in private colleges and universities is the organizational guarantee to promote the standardized operation and healthy development of colleges and universities. If only the party organization is established, it is only the ornament and vassal of the leading group, which can not guarantee and supervise, then the survival and development of this school will become a big problem. The position and role of the Party organization in private colleges and universities depends on the number of party member in the leading group, and it is best for the chief executive to concurrently serve as the party secretary. In this way, the position of the party organization has the authority of the political core and can play a decisive role in the decision-making and implementation of university policies. Otherwise, the party and the government will blow their own horn and be at a loss. What needs to be recognized is that the orientation of party organizations in private universities is slightly different from that in public universities. Party committees in public universities clearly stipulate leading administration, and the orientation of party committees in private universities is the political core of administrative leadership, not leading administration. Major decisions of public colleges and universities are often studied by party committees, and the leadership of the party in private colleges and universities is likely to be reflected in the school affairs meeting with party member as the majority, or in the joint meeting of the party and government to study major decisions. Secondly, we should correctly understand the different functions of party organizations and administrative organizations, and we should not replace politics with the party. As a higher education institution, private colleges and universities focus on teaching, and administrative leaders at all levels preside over the daily work of the school. The role of party organizations at all levels in schools is to ensure and supervise the smooth progress of school teaching in the right direction, and not to interfere too much with normal teaching. Therefore, the party building work of school party organizations should be centered on teaching, and the achievements of party building work are finally reflected in the educational and teaching achievements, which are manifested in cultivating more and better qualified socialist successors for the party and the country. The characteristics of private colleges and universities are: short school-building time, irregular organizational system, small number of people in party member and high mobility; The sources of teaching staff are complex, and there are basically three types of people: first, retired teaching staff in public universities, second, fresh graduates, and third, recruited social personnel. Most of them are temporary workers with different political qualities. How to unite faculty and staff from all corners of the country and work hard for the party's education is a huge problem faced by private colleges and universities. This problem can only be solved by party building, that is, organizing party member to take root and blossom in private colleges and universities, giving full play to its vanguard and exemplary role, driving faculty to complete the sacred educational tasks entrusted by the party and the state, and cultivating thousands of students in private colleges and universities in Qian Qian to become healthy talents. Therefore, the importance of party building in private universities is even more important than that in public universities. According to the "private" system and the "university" nature of private colleges and universities, Document No.7 issued by the Central Organization Department [2000] stipulates the main responsibilities of party organizations in private colleges and universities, explicitly requires party organizations in private colleges and universities to play a political core role among faculty and students, implement the party's educational policy, and closely focus on the fundamental task of cultivating builders and successors of the socialist cause with all-round development in morality, intelligence, physique and beauty. party member, who is engaged in private education, still has some misunderstandings in his ideological understanding. Some people think that party organizations in private colleges and universities are dispensable and have little effect. The organizers and staff of private colleges and universities, including the party secretary, are all employed and have an employment relationship with the organizers. The organizer has the right to dismiss the staff, and the party organization can do nothing about it. This is the "dislocation" in understanding. Some comrades still have the impression that "the party leads everything" in their minds, and think that private colleges and universities should comprehensively manage school affairs like the party committees of public colleges and universities. This is the "offside" in thought. Therefore, these comrades should get out of the ideological misunderstanding, put the "dislocation" and "offside" right, and make clear what are the main responsibilities of party organizations in private colleges and universities, how to perform these responsibilities, and which ones are not. In this way, the leadership system of party organizations in private colleges and universities can operate and the party organizations can play a leading role. Therefore, only by correctly understanding the characteristics of private universities different from ordinary public universities can we clarify the position and role of party organizations in private universities; Only by recognizing the necessity of party organization in private colleges and the importance of party building work can we effectively carry out party building work. 2007.5.23