In fact, Zhao Yi originally gave this graduation ceremony speech impassionedly, but when he came to the stage, he suddenly changed his mind because he felt it was completely unnecessary.
After four years of training at Tianwen University, they have been taught everything that needs to be taught to them. They are also adults and should have their own thoughts and ideas, which cannot be changed by a generous speech.
If the subtle influence in the usual education process does not achieve the desired effect, then it will not be able to achieve the effect just because of a speech, so I simply didn’t talk about anything else and just talked about the importance of education and the importance of self-study. .
Fortunately, students in this era have a much better attitude towards learning than in previous lives. Many people hope that reading will change their destiny, and they can also change their destiny through reading.
Unlike in previous lives, although studying can change one's destiny, it is only a minority after all. Most of them are reduced to a screw in the construction of socialism. They change from rural household registration to urban household registration. As a result, it is difficult to even find a sheltered house. .
After the graduation ceremony, Zhao Yi did not leave immediately. Instead, he came to President Jiang's office to hear about the operations of Tianwen University during the recent period.
According to President Jiang's account, in addition to the relatively stable daily teaching work at Tianwen University, several relatively big things have happened.
First of all, the space telescope developed by Youtianwen University was finally launched some time ago. This incident not only caused a huge sensation in China, but also attracted strong attention in the international community.
Because it has created many firsts, the first of which is its technical level. There is no doubt about this. With the design technology provided by Zhao Yi and the close cooperation with his high-tech enterprises, it is difficult to not be advanced.
Secondly, this is the first time that a developing country has sent a space telescope into space. Except for the United Kingdom, which launched a space telescope in 1962, there was no other one. As for the Hubble Telescope, it had to wait until 1990 to launch.
Finally, there is the main body of the launch. Major space exploration projects like this are usually organized by the country, but this time it was completed by a university. Therefore, Tianwen University aroused widespread international discussion.
Because in addition to technical problems, it also requires huge financial support. Although Tianwen University did not declare how much it spent, one look at the technical parameters shows that it is expensive.
In fact, this is because they did not understand the situation. First of all, the design of the entire space telescope was provided by Zhao Yi. Although other people's suggestions were also consulted, it was not considered to be researched from scratch.
Secondly, the technical foundation is already in place. Generally, a goal is set first, and then everyone moves towards this goal. At this time, the basic technology is often not available, and research and development needs to be started from scratch.
However, most of the technologies used in Tianwen University's space telescope can be implemented relatively easily in Zhao Yi's company, which saves a lot of research and development funds.
Even though the Hubble Space Telescope in previous generations cost billions of dollars to build, in fact most of the cost was allocated to research and development, and Tianwen University's space telescope can save a lot of this cost.
The overall cost of Tianwen University's space telescope is only 2 billion yuan, which is about 1 billion US dollars. It is much cheaper than the Hubble Telescope, and its technical parameters are not lower than it.
Tianwen University has been established for a short period of time, and it is still a private university. It was only slightly famous in China before, and this reputation was mainly due to their abundant money.
Although some heavyweight papers have been published in recent years, the number is still smaller than that of old famous schools. It only has a certain influence in the academic world, but outside the academia, its reputation is not obvious.
The launch of the space telescope has greatly improved the reputation of Tianwen University. Especially students who are interested in space exploration have also increased their interest in Tianwen University.
According to President Jiang, many students at home and abroad are now preparing to apply for the astronomy major at Tianwen University, because with this advanced and unique space telescope, they can achieve great academic achievements in this field.
Even some astronomy experts and professors have begun to apply to teach at Tianwen University, and they have also launched some research projects related to space exploration. Of course, Tianwen University is very welcoming of this.
As for student applications, especially those from foreign students, President Jiang himself is still undecided, because in the past it was rare for domestic universities to be admitted by foreign students.
Moreover, Tianwen University is a private university, which is still very different from public universities. There is no specific measure on which charging standard is adopted and which assessment method is adopted.
The reason why I haven't prepared these yet is mainly because Tianwen University has just been established, and I don't think there will be any foreign students applying to study here, so I have no preparations.
As for domestic students, it is very simple. They can still follow the old method. As long as they pass the entrance test of Tianwen University, they can enroll smoothly, and the tuition is free.
However, if foreign students apply, whether it will still be conducted in accordance with domestic assessment standards and whether it will be free of charge, all these need to be discussed with the founder Zhao Yi.
"For foreign students, we should follow the domestic assessment standards, but the difficulty will be raised to a higher level. As for letters of recommendation, we don't need to worry about it. This way of studying is not in line with our country's educational philosophy.
As for tuition fees, among the foreign students who apply for admission, only the top 10% of students each year can receive full scholarships, which means they can attend Tianwen University completely free of charge.
The remaining 30% of applicants can only receive half of the scholarship, which means that these students are not completely free and need to pay part of the tuition and all living expenses.
As for the rest, just follow the normal charging standards, but this requires you to calculate how much money it costs to train a student, and then add a little bit on this basis to calculate the standard tuition. You cannot determine this number by patting your head.
However, these overseas students must pass the Chinese proficiency test before officially enrolling. Otherwise, they can only take Chinese language preparatory classes. We do not need to prepare foreign teachers for them separately. Classes are treated the same as domestic students.
As for the academic requirements, they must be the same as those in China. If you fail the assessment multiple times, you will be dismissed directly. We want to obtain top international talents, not these people who are just pretending. " Zhao Yi said.
Zhao Yi is positive about whether Tianwen University accepts applications from foreign students, because this is part of international academic exchanges, and Tianwen University is not a special school and does not have many confidentiality requirements.
Of course, as a private university, although it cares about international rankings, this is not the main goal of Tianwen University, so there is no rigid requirement for the proportion of international students.
As for the ranking issue, Zhao Yi has always felt that as long as Tianwen University focuses on learning and education in a down-to-earth manner and lays a solid foundation, it will naturally become a place that others yearn for to study.
Instead of ranking for the sake of ranking, this puts the cart before the horse. As a result, a lot of chaotic international students come in, which not only wastes educational resources, but also creates a very bad learning atmosphere and social environment.
As for the language issue, the requirements will not be relaxed. If you don't know Chinese, then why are you coming here to study? It is impossible for Tianwen University to provide them with a separate set of educational resources.
And if you don’t know Chinese, you are destined to not understand our culture very well, and you will not be able to integrate into our social environment well, and you will not be able to play the role of cultural exchanges.
Is it just to hand over advanced science and technology to them? I think if anyone has such an idea, there is something wrong with their brains. If we have this resource, why not put it on students in our own country
President Jiang also agreed with Zhao Yi's handling method. As a private university, Tianwen University has complete autonomy in these aspects and does not have so much pressure from rankings and administration.
This also involves another issue, that is, the recruitment of external graduate students. Regarding regulations in this regard, Tianwen University has not yet come up with a mature set of standards.
Again, Tianwen University has only been established for a short time and is a private university. I feel that normal students will not go to this private university from a public university during their graduate studies.
The previously customized postgraduate training plans were only for students from our school. The proportion of postgraduate students in our school is 25%, plus 5% of the quota for staying in school, it has reached 30%.
Since Tianwen University believes that the students it trains are better, and is unwilling to squeeze the quota of its own students because of outside students, this issue has always been unresolved.
This is not something you can just slap on the head and increase the number of places at will. Every additional graduate student will cost a lot more to train. As a private university, it needs to be careful about its financial situation.
The main reason is that Tianwen University must be responsible for the students it recruits, instead of expanding the number of places just to expand the number of places. It must match the corresponding teaching staff to ensure that the students it trains are qualified or even excellent.
"What's so confusing about this? Let's first make statistics on how many graduate students our school's qualified professors can teach while ensuring quality.
Then we will give priority to admitting students from our own schools. If there are still places, we will recruit all external students. If there are no more places, we will not recruit external graduate students. It is as simple as that.
As for the training funds, don’t be so demanding. You should spend boldly what should be spent. If the funds are not enough, I will inject funds in the future. "Zhao Yi expressed his opinions on how to deal with it.
As for the enrollment of doctoral students in a few years, it will still be based on the admissions standards for master's students. That is to say, in addition to the 5% of the predetermined enrollment quota for doctoral students, about 5% of the remaining teaching quota will be released.
Just to reach this level, Tianwen University still needs to strengthen its teaching staff and recruit more expert professors and top masters from all over the world.
In this regard, Tianwen University is still willing to spend money, especially for top masters. The salary for dismissal is based on international practice, and the cost is quite high.
According to the support system of Tianwen University, professors are a watershed. Professors are calculated based on domestic income. For example, the national average salary is 300 yuan, then teaching assistants are 300 yuan, and lecturers are directly doubled.
Then there are associate professors, whose salary is calculated based on double the salary of lecturers. As for professors, it needs to be determined with reference to their academic level and academic status. The calculation is more complicated and not as simple and crude as the above.
Regardless of the fact that everyone is a professor, in fact the gap between professors is much larger than the gap between teaching assistants and associate professors, so it is understandable that salary calculation is complicated.
According to the regulations of Tianwen University, associate professors and below are not qualified to supervise graduate students, and associate professors can only supervise two graduate students in one session. They cannot bring as many as they want, and not all associate professors are qualified to supervise graduate students. postgraduate.
At the professor level, a maximum of four graduate students can be brought in one class. As for the minimum number, there is no hard requirement. If they feel that they are busy with tasks and do not have much time to teach students, they can recruit less or not at all.
However, because the number of professors who can teach doctoral students is relatively small, the recruitment of doctoral students is currently mandatory at Tianwen University, and a certain number of doctoral students must be mentored.
As for the graduation of graduate students or doctoral students, their supervisors have certain reference suggestions, but they are not the main basis for graduation. They need to pass the assessment of the school's academic committee before they can graduate.
There are both theoretical assessments and practical assessments, and the academic results of their research must also be referred to. If the results are independently produced by the students, the tutor can only be the signed corresponding author and cannot appropriate the students' research results without reason.
Once discovered, the punishment is very strict. Tianwen University has always adopted zero tolerance for academic misconduct, because it will corrupt the academic atmosphere and damage the reputation of the school.
In order to allow these master's or doctoral students to devote more energy to academic research in their majors, the school also prohibits tutors from handing over too many personal matters to students. If found out, they may face a warning and refuse to change after repeated admonitions. will face punishment.
Regarding the rating of professional titles, Tianwen University also has its own set of evaluation criteria. Professional titles below associate professor only need to assess the quality of the students they teach, not academic achievements.
In other words, every school assessment will be ranked accordingly, and based on a certain algorithm, the lecturer scores of these students can be calculated. As long as they meet the standards, their professional titles will be automatically upgraded without the need for lecturers to apply.
However, when you reach the associate professor level, in addition to the quality of the students you teach, you also need to assess their academic achievements. There should be no preference between the two.
Because Tianwen University has always believed that it is an educational institution, not just an academic institution or a research institution. If you only care about your own research, then you might as well work in a research institution instead of staying in a university.
Although Tianwen University has high requirements for teaching quality, the use of intelligent teachers can greatly reduce the tutor's teaching tasks and has not caused a big backlash.
The tutor's main focus is to guide students' practical ability and pioneering spirit, because these abilities are lacking in intelligent teachers. As for the existing theoretical knowledge, intelligent teachers are fully capable of this teaching work.
Apart from this major event, the only thing left is the construction of Tianwen University's Yaohu campus. Although it has no international impact, it has still caused quite a discussion domestically.
The main reason is that Tianwen University has only been established for about 4 years. Compared with other domestic universities, it is much younger, which means that its foundation is definitely not as good as other universities.
Moreover, the scale of the construction of Tianwen University headquarters is very large, which can accommodate the teaching and living of more than 100,000 students, teachers, and it aroused a lot of discussion at the beginning.
In just a few years, a new campus about the same size as the main campus has to be built. The domestic education community generally believes that this behavior is a suicide attempt.
Because of this desperate expansion, not to mention the shortage of funds, they also know that Tianwen University has money, but the quality of teaching is very worrying.
Tianwen University is certainly paying attention to these discussions, but it is still executing according to its own plan. As for the issue of teaching staff, it can only look outside. Both domestic and foreign universities need to introduce a group of professors.
Moreover, the quality of professors introduced from abroad is much higher than that at home. Especially the launch of the space telescope independently designed and developed by Tianwen University has given them a certain reputation in the world.
In addition, the top scientists recruited previously are more comfortable staying at Tianwen University. They can be asked to write some letters of recommendation, which will make it easier to recruit top professors to teach at Tianwen University.
If foreign professors had some language barriers before coming to Tianwen University, then since the translator was developed, this problem no longer exists.
Moreover, these top intellectuals have very high IQs. In fact, it is not difficult for them to relearn a language. They only need to spend some time to achieve good results.
Just like those top professors who came to Tianwen University to teach, they have now basically mastered the Chinese language and have no problems with daily communication.
To be honest, although poaching people from outside is a quick-effective method, it is only a way, because every university in the country is facing pressure to expand enrollment and is facing a shortage of teachers.
As for the recruitment of foreign professors, it needs to be carefully considered. They must be truly talented and have a certain moral quality. Otherwise, if they are recruited and something bad happens, it will have a huge impact on Tianwen University.
Therefore, in addition to this approach, Zhao Yi also plans to strengthen cooperation between his own research institutions and Tianwen University. In other words, researchers from these institutions can come to Tianwen University to engage in certain teaching tasks.
These companies can also let some professors from Tianwen University participate in their research projects, which can solve both the problem of teachers and the problem of research practice. It can be said that it kills two birds with one stone.
Moreover, this time Zhao Yi plans to build a group of research institutions in Nanchang. Their status will be at the same level as the Qingnong Biological Laboratory. They will be relatively independent and focus on research in a certain field.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhao Yi told Principal Jiang his plans, hoping to create a perfect development path for industry, academia and research, so that all parties could benefit. (End of chapter)