Uni leaders to lose bureaucratic rankings
Source: Xinhua |
March 10, 2010, Wednesday
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SHOULD universities in China enjoy administrative grades as government bodies? Legislators and political advisors attending their ongoing annual sessions have divided views.
Last weekend, China made public a government plan on education reform that would gradually call off administrative grades, or bureaucratic rankings, among university managers and give academia more authority to run their schools.
In the government work report delivered last Friday, Premier Wen Jiabao urged to "promptly" begin implementing the plan.
Usually, leaders of Chinese universities are given administrative grades as government officials. Presidents of some key universities are ranked at a vice minister level, while faculty heads can enjoy similar grades as deputy mayors.
Wang Zhimin, a deputy to the National People's Congress, the top legislature, supported the move, saying the grades allow administrative power to override academic power and limit academic productivity.
On the other hand, NPC deputy Ji Baocheng, also president of the Renmin University of China, said granting scholars administrative posts is a means to show respect for them.
"In a society where people tend to judge social statuses by administrative grades, taking the grades away from universities is like debasing education," Ji said.
Last weekend, China made public a government plan on education reform that would gradually call off administrative grades, or bureaucratic rankings, among university managers and give academia more authority to run their schools.
In the government work report delivered last Friday, Premier Wen Jiabao urged to "promptly" begin implementing the plan.
Usually, leaders of Chinese universities are given administrative grades as government officials. Presidents of some key universities are ranked at a vice minister level, while faculty heads can enjoy similar grades as deputy mayors.
Wang Zhimin, a deputy to the National People's Congress, the top legislature, supported the move, saying the grades allow administrative power to override academic power and limit academic productivity.
On the other hand, NPC deputy Ji Baocheng, also president of the Renmin University of China, said granting scholars administrative posts is a means to show respect for them.
"In a society where people tend to judge social statuses by administrative grades, taking the grades away from universities is like debasing education," Ji said.
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