West Lake University was born two years ago. After its establishment, its goal is to surpass Qingbei and become a top university in China. The first president of this university was Shi, the former vice president of Tsinghua University.
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Shi was born in a high-cultural family with a lot of reading, and his parents were both graduates of prestigious schools. In this atmosphere, his academic performance was excellent, and he was sent to Tsinghua in high school.
During his college years, he studied hard. He not only graduated one year ahead of schedule, but also got a double bachelor's degree. After that, Shi went to the United States to study as a postdoctoral fellow and worked in Princeton after graduation. Many years later, Shi became a leader in molecular biology for his contribution to the field of apoptosis.
In 2008, the accomplished Shi resigned from many overseas positions and resolutely returned to China to set up a life science department in Tsinghua University. Because of his outstanding performance in scientific research, Shi was elected as an academician of China Academy of Sciences, and a few years later he became the vice president of Tsinghua University.
Shi didn't hold the post of vice president for a long time. In 20 15, seven sponsors proposed the establishment of West Lake University, which was supported. At the end of that year, the West Lake Institute of Advanced Studies was established for the first time, and it was several years before West Lake University was formally established. Soon after, he became the president of West Lake University.
Although West Lake University is a private university, its starting point is very high. It not only has the support of academic giants, but also tens of billions of dollars invested by business celebrities, and its operating strength is very strong. At the national level, it also attaches great importance to West Lake University, and has almost given the green light in policy, which has solved many problems for the establishment and operation of the school.
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At the beginning of the school, the school only recruited doctoral students. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, there is no precedent and there is no undergraduate enrollment plan. Its appearance can be said to be to build a university with high academic level, and at the same time to explore the reform and innovation of the education system. At present, there are many shortcomings in China's higher education, and we need to constantly find solutions.
The ideal is beautiful, but the reality is cruel. Did Shi achieve the goal of anti-Qing dynasty? It hasn't been done yet, and the stunt of West Lake University has attracted much attention. But so far, the enrollment of doctoral students is only attached to Fudan University and Zhejiang University, and there is no qualification for doctoral students. The usual courses are studied in those two schools.
In the scientific research project, Shi and his students only spent a lot of money to do some experiments to solve the structure with cryo-electron microscope, and there was no substantial research result.
On the road of reform, West Lake University is not the first school, but South University of Science and Technology is the forerunner. The latter was famous for its reform slogan in just a few years, but a few years later, independent enrollment and self-taught degree were merged one after another. South University of Science and Technology is not what it used to be. It can be said that the reform failed and failed to achieve the expected goal.
West Lake University should think deeply about the reasons and re-examine itself at the same time. It should make greater efforts in its own insufficient fields, learn to integrate current resources and get out of the current predicament.
The road to educational system reform is difficult. Although the original intention of West Lake University is worthy of our admiration, it is more difficult to move forward. The basic science mainly studied by these two universities needs a lot of money, and the research results are difficult to be applied immediately. It is possible to run schools at any time and then be incorporated.
Even though West Lake University is backed by many business leaders, its research funding is still not enough to look internationally. Basic science is now a bottomless pit and can only be spent on it, with little effect.
The hardest part is actually in the beginning It is difficult for West Lake University to take the lead in Qingbei. Compared with international famous schools, there is a big gap in scientific research funds and talents. West Lake University has a good reputation, but its actual performance is a bit disappointing, like taking the old road of South University of Science and Technology.
They are a microcosm of China's educational reform, and the problems that arise are the problems encountered by the education sector. Only by studying hard to overcome these problems can the education system reform succeed.