With the article by Li Zhi, an associate professor at the School of Engineering of Peking University, about entering and leaving the gate of Peking University widely circulated on social media, the topic of whether university campuses should be open has once again become a hot topic in society in recent days.
According to Li Zhi's article, Peking University now has to brush his face when entering and leaving the school, but he did not authorize the school to use his facial recognition information, so he can't brush his face, and the guards need to check the work card before entering and leaving the school. Because it often takes more than ten seconds to check the work card, he often goes directly over the railing of the turnstile, and most of the guards know him and generally do not intercept him. But when he entered the school one day, the security guard chased him on the campus for a long time, and he rode a bicycle to chase him after running but not catching up. Finally, it ended with Li Sik showing his work card to the security guard. When he left the school, he was stopped by the doorman and asked to brush his face, otherwise he couldn't leave the school, and finally he went out of the school again.
There are two levels of public understanding of the openness of universities. On the one hand, the university allows people from outside the university to visit the campus by appointmentOn the other hand, the university opens its doors and all personnel are free to enter the campus without having to check their documents. The opening of the hope of the associate professor of Peking University belongs to the latter level, although he has a work permit, he hopes to enter the campus without face recognition and ID checking. In this regard, some people support it, and some people oppose it.
Proponents believe that university campuses should be open to the public, and that ID cards, work permits, student IDs and other documents should not be checked when entering the campus. That is, to break down the walls of the school. Opponents argue that this idea is too idealistic, and that the first task of the university is to complete the teaching task, and the influx of people from outside the university will crowd out the school's educational resources, affect the school's teaching order, and bring safety problems. In the event of unidentified off-campus personnel entering the campus and a campus safety accident occurs, the society will definitely require the school to strengthen the management of entering and exiting the school gate to ensure the normal teaching order and the safety of teachers, students and staff.
There is no standard answer to how universities can open up to society. This requires the formulation of an opening plan suitable for the school based on the actual situation of the school, and on the basis of listening to the opinions of teachers, students and community residents, so as to resolve the controversy about the opening up. However, the premise is that universities should have a sense of openness to society, and the extent to which they are open will vary from university to university.
If the school is located in the downtown area, the school building resources are already very tight, then, open to the public can implement an appointment system, so as to control the entry into the school**, to avoid the opening of the school to affect the normal teaching order of the school. If the university is located in a suburban area and the campus is open, there can be a liberal open system, and the community can enter the campus freely without showing ID – this will use the campus as a park, and the community can freely enjoy the university's public resources.
In addition, the opening up of universities to the outside world can be more refined. For example, in many foreign universities, there are no walls and gates, and the public can freely go to the university campus, bask in the sun on the campus lawn, drink coffee in the campus café, and the campus is also integrated with the communityHowever, if you want to go further to the library, laboratory, gymnasium, or student dormitory, you have to go through the access control system and swipe your student ID or work card. This not only opens the campus, but also avoids the impact of opening up on the Xi, work and life of teachers and students. Off-campus personnel entering the campus need to make an appointment or contact the teachers and students on campus to enter the school's library and laboratory. This kind of opening up at different levels according to the teaching and research functions undertaken by the university also protects the interests of different groups, and the community residents also understand the university's open policy.
If Peking University implements such an opening, there will be no such thing as an associate professor crossing the turnstile railing to enter the campus. In fact, access control systems have been installed in department buildings, libraries, laboratories, etc. on current university campusesTeachers and students of the school also have to check their identities when they enter the school, which is annoying for teachers and students, and it is suspected of violating the privacy of teachers and students, which may lead to excessive collection of all information about the whereabouts of teachers and students after entering the school.
Therefore, fundamentally speaking, the opening up of universities involves the modern governance of universities, and universities should improve their modern governance capabilities and do a good job in the opening up of universities and the management and service of teachers and students after opening up. Don't let this topic be the talk of the town.
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