I don't doubt the result of such a survey. Because Tsinghua of Peking University is the top institution of higher learning in China, there are many economic elites coming out of it, and it is not surprising that many billionaires have the educational background of Peking University. In fact, not only in the economic field, but also in the political field. A few years ago, it was reported by the media: According to incomplete statistics, there are 57 deputy provincial and ministerial officials (undergraduates, graduate students, etc.) with academic background in Peking University. ), and the number of officials with Peking University education has shown an obvious upward trend in recent years.
The number of Peking University graduates who "dance" on the political high-level and elite economic stage is increasing day by day, which is a phenomenon worthy of careful taste. This, of course, proves from one side that Tsinghua, the Peking University of China, has unparalleled educational influence. However, from another perspective, it is not necessarily the glory of Peking University to cultivate the most senior officials and rich people. Because more and more rich and senior officials are from Peking University, Peking University has a certain direction of neglecting academics and attaching importance to utility, and the cultivation of academic talents in social sciences is declining.
From a global perspective, first-class universities are first-class universities because they have trained many outstanding scientists, writers, educators, philosophers and poets. , rather than senior officials and rich people. Since the American War of Independence, almost all revolutionary pioneers have come from Harvard, and seven American presidents and 40 Nobel Prize winners have been born successively. On the other hand, in the 1930s, we can still see a large number of masters of Chinese studies, such as Hu Shi, Zhu Ziqing, Shen Congwen, Jin Kemu and Zhang Zhongxing, "inspiring their thoughts" in other universities in Tsinghua and Peking University ... But in recent decades, there are very few professors and scholars with such personality charm and intellectual influence. Peking University has changed from the cradle of learning and thought to the base of wholesale and mass production for the rich and senior officials, and the traditional humanistic spirit that Peking University is proud of is losing.
Mr. Mei Yiqi once said, "The greatness of a university lies not in its architecture, but in its masters". In this sense, the real glory of universities lies in how many "masters" they have trained to promote academic development and cultural creation, not in "training officials and rich people". It is the natural responsibility and mission of universities to carry forward the university spirit of inheriting and leading the society and the times with the banner of masters. Whether at home or abroad, the important criterion for evaluating whether a university can be called "big" is its contribution to maintaining the dissemination of human spiritual and cultural values. World-class universities such as Paris University, Berlin University and Oxford University all have more than 20 Nobel Prize winners, and world-renowned academic and cultural masters come forth in large numbers-and what about us? On campus, the university spirit is drifting away. Is it true that in the near future, Tsinghua, a famous domestic university, will rely on "formal graduates" and "rich alumni" to defend the spiritual barrier of the university and even the whole society?
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