Recently, Li Zhi, an associate professor at Peking University's School of Engineering, wrote an article about entering and exiting Peking University, which once again made the opening of colleges and universities a hot topic.
This kind of guard management system of Peking University has caused great inconvenience to teachers and students, and there are often long queues in front of the turnstile at the east gate of Peking University during rush hour. Security guards at the entrance are hard work, but this rigid model doesn't apply to universities, and we really want to see security guards who focus more on public spaces on campus than standing at the door. Especially if you have to go out, it's unnecessary. Li Zhi wrote in the article.
Should colleges and universities be open?How to open up?After the implementation of "Category B and B Pipe", this topic has become an old topic. Nearly a year later, the problem of opening the doors of universities still exists.
Screenshot. Netizens in many places reflected.
Safety concerns are not a reason to maintain social distancing".
Since the beginning of this year, there have been many people calling for colleges and universities to open up, and the reporter noticed that on the leadership message board of People's Daily Online, there are netizens from Beijing, Shandong, Anhui, Guangxi, Chongqing, Jiangsu, Henan, Liaoning, Sichuan, Fujian, Tianjin and other places to reflect on the problem of opening up colleges and universities.
Some netizens said that in the past, the school was open to the public, providing a good leisure place for everyone, everyone can go to the stadium to run, play ball, and go to the restaurant to eat, which not only did not cause pressure on the school, but also increased a lot of income for many businesses. Now, campuses should be open as well.
Some netizens believe that colleges and universities still adopt closed management, and it is inconvenient for people to enter and exit inside and outside the school, which is not conducive to social groups using university equipment to carry out cooperation and mutual assistance and group research activities.
Some netizens also questioned that most colleges and universities were open in the past, why is it that teaching is affected because of openness now?
Some netizens said that the Ministry of Education issued a notice in June this year to encourage institutions of higher learning, high-tech enterprises, manufacturing enterprises, etc. to open to the public and take the initiative to serve the whole people to learn and Xi. However, in the past few months, many universities have not taken relevant actions to carry out relevant work, and Xi habitually distances himself from society.
The netizen said that many schools attribute the reason to potential safety risks or associated chaos. Maintaining order on campus and protecting the safety of students is a basic responsibility that colleges and universities should shoulder, but it is not a reason to maintain social distancing.
Data map. Many colleges and universities implement an appointment system.
Some education departments responded: "Open schools" are not the same as "open campuses".
In this regard, the relevant departments in various places have also responded, and it can be observed that "creating a safe and stable campus environment and maintaining the normal order of school education, teaching, scientific research, and life" is the reason mentioned a lot.
For example, the Shandong Provincial Department of Education replied in August this year that the strict management of the school gate and the refusal to allow irrelevant personnel to enter follow the principle of "safety first", which is the first line of defense for the safety of teachers and students in the school, and also the dividing line that distinguishes the relevant responsibilities inside and outside the school. The implementation of a strict entry and exit system has greatly reduced the risk of external risks on campus, and is also a concrete embodiment of the responsibility for the teachers and students of the whole school.
According to the Shandong Provincial Department of Education, "open schools" are not the same as "open campuses", and unconditional opening of campuses infringes on the interests of students. "The school is not closed" means that the personnel on the campus can enter and exit freely as needed, and the relevant outsiders can enter the university through appointment, registration and other means to realize the normal entry and exit of the staff and vehicles on campus. Due to the large differences in the objective environment of schools in the province, it is impossible to formulate standards in a unified manner, and the entry and exit of off-campus personnel must be implemented in accordance with the safety management regulations of the school.
The Xiamen Municipal Education Bureau replied in September this year that colleges and universities have now resumed the normalized management of school gates, that is, the appointment application system. The regulations on the management of the gates of colleges and universities are internal management matters of colleges and universities, which are decided by each university according to the actual situation.
The Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Department of Education replied in October this year that at present, ordinary people can enter college campuses after completing relevant procedures such as registration or appointment. In the next step, relevant colleges and universities will be guided to further adjust and simplify the procedures for off-campus personnel to enter the campus in light of actual conditions, and open relevant resources to the public in an orderly manner.
The reporter noticed that since July this year, many colleges and universities in China have adopted an appointment system for off-campus personnel. Some schools can only make an appointment to visit the campus during weekends and holidays, and there is a quota managementSome schools can also make an appointment at ordinary times, and some need to confirm the "Safety Commitment" at the same timeSome schools can enter the school after swiping their ID cards and swiping their faces through the turnstiles.
In August this year, Harbin Institute of Technology announced that it would fully open its campus, with no reservation required and no quota required. In November this year, Zhengzhou University lifted the restrictions on public admission, and off-campus visitors can enter the campus after applying for online self-registration.
Campus of Sun Yat-sen University. Photo by China News Service reporter Chen Jimin.
Expert: The opening of universities should be based on the principle of openness, and the exception of non-openness.
Ma Liang, a professor at the School of Public Administration of Renmin University of Chinese, believes that from the perspective of building a world-class university and the positioning of the university itself, the opening of colleges and universities is undoubtedly a must, not an optional project. He believes that the openness of universities should be based on the principle of openness, and the exception of non-openness.
Since the beginning of this year, Ma Liang has traveled to universities in Europe, the United States, Southeast Asia and other countries to conduct research on the management policies of China's university campus opening. He said that from the monitoring data, half of the country's double first-class universities or double first-class discipline universities have been opened to the outside world. Some universities in Beijing have been fully opened, and only identity registration is required.
Most of China's universities are public universities, which are publicly supported by public finance, and are responsible for both higher education and scientific research, as well as providing services to society. This is very important for young people, people living in the surrounding area, and those who want to go to university to further their education and gain knowledge. Ma Liang said.
The difficulty of the delay in opening the university gate is in the **?Ma Liang believes that the main concern should be that in the process of university management, there may be many problems of unclear boundaries of responsibilities and rights, and the current accountability pressure of territorial management is high, so some universities are better off doing more than less. Secondly, many people want to visit well-known universities, and the food and beverage on campus are relatively cheap and the public space is relatively comfortable, so opening may squeeze the public resources of the campus, especially for some leading universities, which will bring some practical challenges.
In this regard, Ma Liang suggested that from the perspective of the education department, clear policies can be introduced to appropriately promote the opening of university campuses. As far as universities are concerned, it is necessary to restrain and regulate their autonomy, such as clearly taking openness as the principle, and if they are not open, they must be approved by the education department and respond to the concerns of society.
He believes that there must be certain rules for opening up, and it must be more orderly and standardized. "For example, in many countries and regions where I went to research, their university campuses are completely open, and there are no walls, but in certain buildings, they have set up certain access permissions, such as limiting the university administrators, teachers, students, etc. ”
Ma Liang believes that many colleges and universities can take a two-step approach, the first step is to open the doors of the university, and the second step is to promote the opening of public resources and public facilities in the university, such as libraries, gymnasiums, classrooms, etc., without affecting the normal teaching order.