Since the beginning of this year, as the country's epidemic control has been relaxed, academic activities have also increased. The author has academic activities in Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan, Nanjing, Tianjin and many other cities where universities are concentrated.
Almost all colleges and universities in these cities are still in lockdown and must make an appointment for each visit to a university. Outside guests can make reservations to enter the school, but local citizens are not allowed to enter and leave.
This creates a spectacle: the university is no longer the university of the citizens, not the university of the city, but the university of the few.
According to the author's limited research, the closed management of many colleges and universities has become the "new normal". University administrators feel that the "benefits" of closed management are too many, for example, citizens can no longer enter colleges and universities, and gymnasiums, squares and other school-running spaces are finally exclusive to colleges and universities;Also, since the closure management, the security management on campus has indeed saved a lot of trouble, and there are many fewer things to steal chickens and dogs.
In fact, many teachers and students have naturally formed a sense of "territoriality", feeling that colleges and universities are "places for teaching and research" for teachers and academics - the implication is that colleges and universities are not vegetable markets.
In order to solve some specific problems, some schools have adopted measures such as opening up to alumni and students' families, and entering and leaving colleges and universities has become a privilege and a status symbol.
As a result, there is really no incentive for colleges and universities to reopen their campuses. Some colleges and universities, which are founded on freedom and tolerance, are also taking the lead in social distancing. Some people lamented that after the epidemic, the special group of auditors at Peking University has disappeared.
Actually, the problem doesn't stop thereToday, the biggest problem is that cities and universities have been segregated.
Over the past few years, many cities have been trying to open up the micro-circulation of the city and strive to return public space to citizens. As a result, many ** office spaces have been demolished, and many colleges and universities are also open to the public. As a result, in response to the need to prevent and control the epidemic, various public institutions in the city have rebuilt their walls and strengthened their isolation through modern access control systems.
It can be argued that in the vast majority of cities, the level of social isolation is now much greater than at any time in the past. Some ordinary public institutions seem to have the characteristics of "forbidden areas". And some communities also have more ample reasons to reclose.
These physical isolations, separations are not only spaces, but also human hearts.
In the past, intellectuals were very critical of the style of the yamen;Nowadays, the gathering place of intellectuals is in the yamen. The point is that many people are still enjoying it, either pretending to be stupid, or talking about the "important place of teaching and scientific research" in a righteous and stern manner. And those ordinary citizens who are excluded are swallowed because they have no right to speak.
Every time I see the gate of some famous schools in China gathered a large number of people who want to enter the campus but can't, full of anxiety, and there are "scalpers" coming to solicit customers from time to time, I feel very uncomfortable.
This situation is certainly not normal.
Colleges and universities have become "forbidden places", and the public sector has become "important places", what vitality does this city have, and what kind of equality does society talk about?
The author suggests that colleges and universities should still have a sense of social responsibility. Nowadays, colleges and universities are emphasizing their social service functions. Colleges and universities should start from the small things around them. The most practical and feasible social service is not how many achievements to transform into the development of urban industries and how much intellectual support is provided for urban governance, but to open up campuses and make universities a part of the city.
To put it mildly, every city has invested a lot in the safe and efficient operation of universities, and there is no reason why universities should not support the construction of livable cities.
Some colleges and universities continue to be closed, and there are objectively some institutional reasons, such as the highly rigid accountability mechanism during the epidemic prevention and control period, which does make some units dare not reopen. Therefore, we suggest that the education authorities and the epidemic prevention and control headquarters in various places should send a copy of the policy of opening up to all colleges and universities, urging them to open up, and also loosen their responsibilities.
Colleges and universities all over the country can go to the colleges and universities in Changsha to see how others coexist with the city.
In the past two days, the author has had some academic activities in Hunan universities, and the degree of openness of various colleges and universities is surprising.
Some colleges and universities not only allow citizens to enter and leave the campus freely, but also open squares, gymnasiums, etc., to the public, and even the library is completely open, so that students and citizens can study Xi in the Xi room. The most touching thing is that even such a political institution as the party school of the provincial party committee is also open to the public.
It is understood that during the epidemic in the past three years, except for a few times when the epidemic was extremely tense, closed management measures were adopted, and the vast majority of the time was open. This cannot but be deeply admired.
Some colleges and universities are worried that their campuses are too beautiful and attract too many citizens, which will affect the order of teaching and scientific research, so it is recommended to go to several colleges and universities at the foot of Yuelu Mountain to investigate. Yuelu Mountain is also beautiful enough, and the colleges and universities under the mountain are also very important, and the citizens are willing to edify, isn't it the merit of the university?
The university is not in the building, but in the master, but also open. Cities should not be defended, universities should be open, people's hearts will be free, and society will be vibrant.
*: New Countryside Original title: "The University is Opening".