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First of all, Henan University faces some challenges in discipline construction. For many years, the discipline development of Henan University has been lagging behind the domestic first-class universities. Discipline construction needs long-term investment and support, including recruiting high-level teachers and building advanced laboratories and research facilities. If there is no clear development plan and investment in these aspects, the development of disciplines in universities will be limited.

Secondly, there are some deficiencies in the scientific research level of Henan University. The level of scientific research is one of the important indicators to measure the comprehensive strength of a university. In scientific research, Henan University may face the limitation of funds, talents and equipment, which leads to the lack of rich and excellent scientific research results. The improvement of scientific research level needs a lot of investment and a good scientific research environment. If these conditions are not met, it will be difficult for universities to achieve breakthroughs in scientific research capabilities.

In addition, the imbalance of educational resources may also be one of the reasons for the retrogression of Henan University. Henan is located in the central region. Compared with the developed areas in the east, educational resources are relatively scarce. This means that Henan University may be restricted in terms of teaching staff, discipline construction and laboratory equipment.

Moreover, the imbalance of educational resources can easily lead to brain drain, and excellent students and teachers are more inclined to choose the first-class universities in the eastern region.

Finally, the problem of university management system and mechanism may also be one of the reasons for the retrogression of Henan University. Whether the management system and mechanism of colleges and universities are perfect or not is directly related to the management efficiency and development motivation of colleges and universities. If the management system and mechanism of universities are inflexible, not open and opaque, it will be difficult to stimulate the innovative vitality of teachers and students.

At the same time, the problems of university management system and mechanism can easily lead to the breeding of corruption and further damage the reputation and development prospects of universities.

To sum up, the serious retrogression of Henan University may be related to insufficient discipline construction, low scientific research level, unbalanced educational resources and management system and mechanism. Solving these problems requires the joint efforts of governments and schools at all levels, as well as the support and cooperation of all sectors of society. Only by comprehensively deepening the reform and promoting the development of education can Henan University achieve leap-forward development.