"Three professors, why are you here?"

Seeing the three professors from the University of Hong Kong Science and Technology coming, Zhang Ning was a little strange, and hurriedly entertained the three in the guest room.

"I'm sorry, Dean Zhang, to disturb your rest."

Li Xiaoyuan, Li Zexiang and Li Jianshu are the three veterans of HKUST who have witnessed the establishment and rise of HKUST.

Zhang Ning is still very grateful that the three professors can come to the Dream College and help the construction of the Dream College.

At this time, seeing the three of them coming, Zhang Ning greeted the three professors very politely.

"Don't bother, don't bother."

Zhang Ning waved his hand and said, "I was just thinking about things, but I haven't rested yet." ”

"That's good."

Two of the three professors wore glasses, one was tall and one was short, the tall one was called Li Xiaoyuan, the slightly shorter one was called Li Zeting, and the other had gray hair and was called Li Jianshu.

The three of them glanced at each other, and finally, the older Li Jianshu spoke.

"Dean Zhang, I didn't want to disturb you. It's just that we discussed it and had to ask you so late to find out something. ”

"Three professors, what do you want to know?"

"Presumably Dean Zhang knows that our team has had some conflicts with Dean Zhu these days."

"Know."

Zhang Ning nodded, but said very openly, "Everyone, I have no problem with your communication. In my opinion, it is normal to have conflicts. After all, everyone has their own ideas about education reform. ”

"Yes, it's normal for communication to be conflicting. At HKUST, we often have conflicts with many scholars in academic exchanges. It's just that this kind of conflict is generally relatively small, he is local, and he will not affect the overall situation. However, Dean Zhang may not know that we have recently escalated into a global conflict in our communication. ”

"Ah, so strict."

Zhang Ning was a little surprised.

It seems that the problem is strict.

What's the situation?

It stands to reason that these three professors were invited by Zhu Qingshi, and they also have some friendship with Zhu Qingshi, so there shouldn't be too many conflicts. However, looking at the situation of the three of them, it doesn't seem to be a trivial matter.

Thinking in his heart, Zhang Ning asked, "Three professors, what is the specific conflict, otherwise, I will invite Dean Zhu here, and we will all make it clear in person." ”

"No, don't invite Dean Zhu."

Li Jianshu shook his head, "Let's tell you." ”

"It's okay, Professor Li, you can tell me where the specific conflict is."

"That's a long story."

Li Jianshu sorted out the language, "Xiaoyuan and Zeting and I grew up in the mainland since we were children, and the university we studied at that year was also in the mainland. It was only at that time that there was turmoil in the country, and then we went to Xiangjiang. We were at HKUST until the 80s, when HKUST was established. That said, we have always been very interested in the Mainland. Especially for the education reform in the mainland, it is just that the education reform in the mainland has been very slow, although the slogan of education reform is mentioned every year, but there are not many changes every year, which is almost equivalent to no change. However, this time, after Mr. Qian Xuesen's emotion, I found that the call for education reform in the mainland has become stronger and stronger. In particular, we are very interested in seeing that your college is going to build a new higher education institution. Finally, at the invitation of Dean Zhu, I came to your school, hoping that our experience in founding HKUST can be helpful to your school. ”

"I admire the three professors' concern for education in the Mainland. It's just that, Professor Li, it seems that our starting point is the same. Our Dream College has just been established, and we are not even established yet, and we especially need the help of experienced professors and scholars like you. ”

Zhang Ning said.

It's just that Li Jianshu shook his head again, "Yes, although our starting point is the same. However, in terms of the specific management and teaching of colleges and universities, we have very big conflicts. I think that a great institution should think through all aspects, not just shouting slogans. ”

"Shouting slogans, how do you say that?"

Zhang Ning didn't know what these three professors meant by coming here today.

"Three professors, do you think that the educational reform proposed by our dream college is shouting slogans?"

Self-enrollment and self-taught diplomas seem to be a slogan.

However, Zhang Ning believes that this is something that must be done.

Zhang Ning did not expect that such a reform seemed to be misunderstood by the three professors.

"Of course, I don't doubt the desire of Dean Zhang and Dean Zhu to establish a world-class institute. But to do this well, it's not just about slogans. In the past few days, I have noticed that in our communication with Dean Zhu, we found that Dream College does not have a strict teaching plan at all, and even the academic team has just been temporarily sorted out. This is very irresponsible for students, and we don't want to see such a scattered team teaching students from all over the country. ”

"Oh, Professor Li, that's what you're talking about."

Zhang Ning understood this time, and immediately explained, "Professor Li, I think you have misunderstood, and you also know that our Dream Academy has only just been established, and the various teams are indeed temporarily organized. However, this can't be helped, I think, when HKUST was established, it was impossible to take into account all aspects. Of course, we are also working out what you said step by step, but it will take time, and I hope the three professors can understand. ”

"Of course we understand, but the question is, Dean Zhang, are you already planning to recruit students?"

"This ......"

Zhang Ning has some that he doesn't know how to explain.

In order to be in a hurry, Zhang Ning and Zhu Qingshi do have ideas for this summer, that is, this year's college entrance examination.

"Yes, but not necessarily."

"It seems to be true."

The two professors surnamed Li sitting next to him suddenly spoke.

"Dean Zhang, are you in too much of a hurry? As soon as you proposed the establishment of the school, you wanted to recruit students. Let's not talk about soft education, you haven't done a good job even in a teaching building, don't you think, it's too fast, and it's not responsible for the students? ”

"This ......"

Zhang Ning was silent.

Of course, Zhang Ning knew that this was indeed a little too fast.

It's just that not only Zhang Ning, but also Zhu Qingshi, both of them very much hope to quickly promote education reform.

In a country like China, it's not always that people are interested in education reform, and it's not when the country allows you to reform.

It's hard to seize the opportunity, if you don't implement it immediately, I'm afraid the country will not give you a chance in the future.

This was all decided by Zhang Ning and Zhu Qingshi after careful discussion.

"Three professors, in fact, this is the case."

Zhang Ning explained to the three professors in a small way.

However, the three professors of HKUST were still not satisfied after hearing this.

"Dean Zhang, the education reform is rigorous, unlike your previous business, you can start again if you fail. If education fails, it may be a failure in your eyes, but for those students, I am afraid it will harm them for a lifetime. ”

"The three professors are not so strict."

Zhang Ning is not yet available.

Although for the time being, the dream of the academy teaching plan, the subject team has not yet taken shape.

But Zhang Ning is confident that with his own ability and Zhu Qingshi's ability, he will definitely be able to teach this class of students a lot of knowledge.

It's just that the three professors seem to care about this very much, and once again, they emphasized, "Dean Zhang, take HKUST as an example. At that time, before the establishment of HKUST, it took 3 years to investigate, another 3 years to prepare, and finally it took nearly 8 years for HKUST to be established. Today, HKUST has become a world-class higher education institution. Of course, I know that Dream Academy can't wait so long, but for the sake of being responsible for the students, and also for the sake of being responsible for your college. I think your school should prepare for at least 3 years before recruiting students, what do you think? ”

"Three professors, for the time being, I can't answer the questions of the three professors, let me think about it, do you think it's okay?"

"Absolutely."

The three professors nodded, "Anyway, the reason why we've said so much isn't because we have any dissatisfaction with your school. We just hope that your school can prepare more and really do a good job of starting a higher education institution. ”

"Thank you, three professors, I understand your feelings, and I will definitely consider your words."

"Okay, let's not bother Dean Zhang, let's leave."

After speaking, the three professors of HKUST left.

That night, Zhang Ning couldn't sleep all night, and his mind was thinking about what the three professors had just said.

"Management Team, Educational Planning, Educational Syllabus, Discipline Structure......

Undoubtedly, the opinions of the three professors are very good.

If you want to create a world-class institution of higher learning, or prepare to create a world-class institution of higher learning, these things must be clarified.

Now that these have not come out at all, does the enrollment seem to be a little absurd.

It's just that Zhang Ning thought about it again.

If you don't recruit students now, I'm afraid that Zhang Ning won't be able to recruit a single student tomorrow.

Reform is like a gust of wind, and as soon as the wind passes, the reform is gone.

On the one hand, education reform has been blown by this gust of wind recently, and on the other hand, it is also strictly controlled by the state.

Sometimes, it's not like you can reform if you want to.

Once the state does not allow it, although the state does not support it now, it does not oppose it, which is already a disguised support, then I am afraid that the Dream Academy can really only shout slogans and do nothing.

In a daze, Zhang Ning fell asleep, and the next day, early in the morning, Zhang Ning immediately found Zhu Qingshi.

The three professors came to find him last night and told Zhu Qingshi about it.

The two discussed as they walked.

"Dean Zhu, what do you think, what do you think of the advice given by the three professors?"

"It makes sense, but it can't be adopted for the time being."

"I think so too."

Zhang Ning sighed.

"Actually, we've talked about this before."

Zhang Ning said.

"Yes, Dean, we've discussed it before, and we've already made a decision. We need to recruit students quickly, and we need to make changes quickly. If not, we won't have a chance. However, the three professors thought of one qiē too perfectly. But I think it's not impossible for us to recruit students first, and after the recruitment, we can improve our system in all aspects while teaching. ”

"If our reform fails, will the students we recruit become the victims of our education reform?"

Zhang Ning asked again.

Although, he doesn't think so.

"No, Dean, don't worry, I vouch for my personality. If the first batch of students is inferior to the first-class undergraduate universities in China after graduation, I will take all the responsibilities alone. ”

"It's not so strict, I have to take responsibility, and I bear it, I'm the dean, I'm just talking."

Zhang Ning smiled, "Okay, don't think about it, let's prepare for a meeting with the parents of students across the country." ”

……

Dream Academy's meeting with parents is scheduled for next month, with 20 days to go.

At that time, Zhang Ning will personally come forward to meet with students and parents from all over the country, of course, including those who are watching the education reform of Dream College.

These days, there are many people who come to register for the conference, and in just a few days, the number of registrations has reached tens of thousands.

However, because there were too many people, Dream Academy had to choose some of them. Remove those who are ready to see the excitement and retain more parents of students, that is, those who have children who are preparing for the college entrance examination.

Zhang Ning hopes that this meeting will allow more people to know about Dream College, and of course, let more students choose to study at Dream College.

In other words, this meeting is actually an admissions promotion.

It's just that Zhang Ning and others are nervously preparing for this meeting. Suddenly, the three professors who had previously expressed their opinions with Zhang Ning suddenly submitted their resignations to Zhang Ning and Zhu Qingshi, and returned to HKUST on the same day.

Although Zhang Ning felt sorry for the departure of the three professors and the team brought by the three professors, since the ideas were different, Zhang Ning did not force it and agreed to their departure. It's just that Zhang Ning didn't think about it. After the three professors left Dream College, an open letter from HKUST to Dream College was suddenly posted online.

The reform of higher education has a bearing on whether or not the country's competitiveness can be improved, and we must avoid empty slogans and irresponsible grandstanding, and we must avoid turning dissatisfaction with the shortcomings of the existing higher education system into cheers for seemingly reasonable behaviors and slogans that are in fact even more absurd.

Zhang Ning and Zhu Qingshi, the two deans, put forward many slogans in the education reform of Dream College, and the two deans are celebrities and bear the heavy responsibility of reform, so these slogans may seriously mislead public opinion and society, and interfere with the substantive discussion and healthy development of higher education reform. As educators, we believe it is important to express our opinions, to clarify what is right and what is wrong, to set things right.

"Independent enrollment and self-awarding of diplomas" is by no means the core of higher education reform

The "right to self-enroll students and self-grant diplomas" of colleges and universities is only a "table", while the quality of professors, education and management is the "inside". Whether foreign or domestic, what fundamentally supports the "right to independent enrollment and self-awarding of diplomas" in colleges and universities is that a school is based on the quality of professors. "Quality credibility" over the quality of education, rather than having these powers themselves.

If we only strive for the right to "independently enroll students and confer diplomas on our own" and avoid talking about specific measures to improve the quality of professors, education, and management, it is tantamount to pursuing only the form of education reform and ignoring the essence of education reform.

This is an open letter released by the three professors with their real names, and Zhang Ning was almost stunned by this open letter.

"Damn, these three professors, he's meowing, I've offended you?"

Zhang Ning was so angry that he almost scolded his mother.

"Dean Zhu, who are you looking for?"

This open letter, released before the parents of the students of the Dream Academy meet, is simply going to kill the Dream College.

"Dean, I'm sorry, it's my fault."

Zhu Qingshi's face was heavy.

He didn't expect that his teammates, who had been working well together, would suddenly leave.

Of course, if you leave, just leave, it's nothing, everyone has different ideas, and if you barely stay together, I'm afraid there will be more contradictions. However, these three professors didn't know whether they had a grudge against Zhang Ning, or they didn't want the reform of Dream College to succeed, so they actually issued an open letter at this time, strongly questioning the motives of Dream College to establish a university.

"It's not a question of whose fault it is now, it's how to resolve this open letter."

Zhang Ning had a calm face, he didn't want to chase who was right and who was wrong now.

The main thing now is to eliminate the impact of this open letter.

With a phone call, Zhang Ning immediately called Chen Qingqing and asked Penguin Technology to completely screen the open letter of the three professors.

At the same time, Zhang Ning also immediately logged on to Weibo to respond to and explain the open letter of the three professors.

It's just that Zhang Ning's two methods have all failed.

The first is shielding.

Now that the Internet is so developed, although Penguin Technology is the dominant company in China, it is not a one-handed cover. Such an open letter, even if it does not go through the channels of Guò Penguin, can also be circulated to all corners of the Internet. Even, even if it's a place controlled by Penguin Technology, such as instant messaging, you can't even screen other people's conversations.

Of course, there are also large and small forums in China.

This is only in terms of the Internet, in fact, Zhang Ning only has a certain advantage in Internet media. In traditional media, Zhang Ning has no influence at all. A number of newspapers, magazines, and news television stations also reprinted the open letter sent by the three professors at the same time.

If it was just an open letter of skepticism, he might not have that much power.

In fact, after the news of the establishment of Dream Academy was released, many people have questioned the various problems of Dream Academy.

It's just that these doubts have no power, and they are easily suppressed by Zhang Ning's more ambitious education reform.

But now it's different.

Now it is the veterans of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology who are questioning the Dream College, which is a real-name question, which is much more authoritative than some anonymous questions. Of course, this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that these three professors once cooperated with Dream College. In other words, at this moment, even the teammates who cooperated with him questioned the Dream Academy.

Undoubtedly, this kind of questioning of teammates against the water is more sensational than the questioning of any other person or institution.

No matter what means Zhang Ning used, this open letter still spread to every corner of China.

At the same time, it also reached the eyes of those who were ready to come to the Dream Academy Parent Meeting. Right and who is wrong.

The main thing now is to eliminate the impact of this open letter.

With a phone call, Zhang Ning immediately called Chen Qingqing and asked Penguin Technology to completely screen the open letter of the three professors.

At the same time, Zhang Ning also immediately logged on to Weibo to respond to and explain the open letter of the three professors.

It's just that Zhang Ning's two methods have all failed.

The first is shielding.

Now that the Internet is so developed, although Penguin Technology is the dominant company in China, it is not a one-handed cover. Such an open letter, even if it does not go through the channels of Guò Penguin, can also be circulated to all corners of the Internet. Even, even if it's a place controlled by Penguin Technology, such as instant messaging, you can't even screen other people's conversations.

Of course, there are also large and small forums in China.

This is only in terms of the Internet, in fact, Zhang Ning only has a certain advantage in Internet media. In traditional media, Zhang Ning has no influence at all. A number of newspapers, magazines, and news television stations also reprinted the open letter sent by the three professors at the same time.

If it was just an open letter of skepticism, he might not have that much power.

In fact, after the news of the establishment of Dream Academy was released, many people have questioned the various problems of Dream Academy.

It's just that these doubts have no power, and they are easily suppressed by Zhang Ning's more ambitious education reform.

But now it's different.

Now it is the veterans of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology who are questioning the Dream College, which is a real-name question, which is much more authoritative than some anonymous questions. Of course, this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that these three professors once cooperated with Dream College. In other words, at this moment, even the teammates who cooperated with him questioned the Dream Academy.

Undoubtedly, this kind of questioning of teammates against the water is more sensational than the questioning of any other person or institution.

No matter what means Zhang Ning used, this open letter still spread to every corner of China.

At the same time, it also reached the eyes of those who were ready to come to the Dream Academy Parent Meeting.