Chinese universities from world-class universities in the end there is much difference? At Yale, Oxford, Cambridge, Stanford University them abroad top the eyes of most Chinese universities need to change that? How to answer, “Qian of the question,” Raise High to college? Held yesterday in Nanjing Foreign University Presidents Forum, from 11 countries and regions, 20 world-renowned university presidents, and university presidents gather together 121 domestic. Reporters interviewed the five famous university president, asking them to feel the pulse of China’s universities, “prick”, a number of principal prior agreement that can be done, the Chinese University of absolute world-class universities, but also take some time, the earliest estimates need 20 years.
World-class university with three main criteria: First, are engaged in research work in internationally renowned art professor; Second, a large number of human civilization and socio-economic development affect the results; three is to train a large number of great contributions to human civilization to the excellent students.
World-class university must have the four “first class”: a decade has served as president of Harvard University’s Professor Lu Dengting On the concept of leading universities, with four “first class” to be outlined: first-class facilities, first-class faculty, excellent students , first-class evaluation.
“World-class university” of course one with all the halo, but the “first-class university,” a unique social prestige and academic reputation, require long-term development, accumulation, and culture, not be done overnight, but not drilling. School compared to schools such as Oxford, for hundreds of years, Chinese universities also require long-term accumulation. Development of higher education should be the first dedicated to research results into productivity, and to develop “marketable” talent, for the social and economic development, to overcome impulsive mentality, the mentality of utilitarian, pragmatic, step by step.
Comparison between the Chinese and foreign universities: Chinese University and foreign universities in the end there is a large gap between what
Teaching methods
China:
Curriculum in order to lecture-style based, while the group discussions very little.
China is a rote pattern of teaching, students always passive listener, the recipient, they focus on the mastery of knowledge points, do not develop independent and critical thinking ability.
West: Oxford, Cambridge mentor system, require students to conduct their own argument, debate. The American model is that some interactive discussion, or a small class, they will challenge each other, rather than blindly accept the instructor’s point of view.
Learning
China:
Students lack of independent thinking and creative thinking, lack the courage to challenge academic authority.
West: self-study, self-motivation and challenge teachers to challenge the authority
Professional choice
China:
College students the time premature choice of profession, the lack of interdisciplinary breadth
West: the United States in the first two years of undergraduate students will try a variety of disciplines, and then will choose a major subject. Because the contact by multiple disciplines, have different perspectives, so that they have the ability to creative ways to solve new problems.
Quality Construction
China:
University pay more attention to the expansion of the number of students at the expense of quality construction
West: emphasis on quality construction
Premier Wen said: “Some of the University of utilitarian, everything, and money linked to, this is a terrible problem.” He also pointed out that: “a good university, is to have its own unique soul, which is independent thinking, free expression. Thousand side, stereotyped, not a world class university. universities must have autonomy in running. “listening to the speeches, he said to everyone:” We must be determined to accelerate the construction of world-class university. “slight pause about Premier Wen raised voice, tone, said firmly: “China must be able to appear world-class university.”
China to build first-class university?
College has always been seen as carrying the spirit of innovation to. In recent years, top universities are striving for world-class research university. By 2008, China became the world’s largest Ph.D. granting countries. However, innovation in comparison with some foreign universities, we must do more to change and improve. University of innovation and innovation education system needs changed? Experts and scholars to their own experience and thinking gives some analysis.
Some of the world elite and the school motto
Yale University
School Motto: “Light and Truth”
Yale University was founded in 1701, the United States one of the oldest private universities, the campus is located in New Haven, Conn., an area of 1579 mu. The school has Yale College, Graduate School of Human Sciences, School of Architecture, Art Institute, God, Drama, Forestry and Environment, School of Law, School of Management, Medicine, Music and Nursing. The school is one of the Ivy League school together.
Harvard University
School Motto: Let the truth with you as a friend
Harvard University is the oldest one of the leading universities, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Boston across the Charles River and the sea. Harvard University undergraduate students enrolled in two colleges, namely, Harvard College and Radcliffe College, which enrolled students represent about half of all students at Harvard University. Harvard University is one of Ivy Joint Schools.
School Motto: not only learn their brains, and learn hands-on
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the school itself and its domestic and foreign literature are referred to as MIT, is a coeducational private university in the United States, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts city.
School Motto: you free the wind blowing
c is a private university in the United States. Formerly known as Little Leland Stanford University. Located Jialifuni Asian, San Francisco Peninsula about 30 miles south of San Francisco area.
Oxford University
School Motto: Lord light up my
Oxford University was founded in 1214, is Europe’s second only to the University of Paris’s oldest university, is also a long history of the world, one of the prestigious university, which is located 93 kilometers northwest of London’s Oxford city and the confluence of the River Thames and the Cherwell.
University of Cambridge
School Motto: Cambridge – the ideal place to learn knowledge
17 to 18 a full two centuries, Cambridge no longer able to build a new college. But the history of Cambridge University the most important change is the status of natural science. Back in the late 16th century, the British Natural materialism and the true ancestor of modern experimental Bacon, first studying at Trinity College, Cambridge, and then established his own laboratory, and later served as Minister of the Royal Schools of education should be taught advocate encyclopedic knowledge, constraints thinking against scholasticism, advocate the use of rational thinking to organize experience in materials, opposed to follow.
School Motto and China are similar to large schools of Western thought embodied in the Institute focused on the pursuit of truth and serve the community on these two points, but the deeper colors thicker than the Chinese. This is precisely the lack of Chinese College training places, which also reflects on the collective Chinese Universities Deviation.
English name: Yale University