Beiyang reactionaries

The situation in Chinese universities is complicated.

Since the end of the Qing Dynasty, the situation in China was complicated.Especially in the late Qing Dynasty, many local power factions, or local princes, were in charge of the localities.In order to develop the Westernization Movement and develop new learning, they began to develop their own education in local areas.In this situation, many provincial universities came out.

There are also universities built by various ministries and commissions themselves, as well as universities built by private individuals, as well as church universities that began to be built in the late Qing Dynasty.

Among them, only national universities were directly established by the central government.

There are also some powerful universities that have been incorporated by the Ministry of Education and are currently directly under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education.These national universities eat from the funds allocated by the Ministry of Education, which is equivalent to eating from the state finances.

Since it is eating from the state's finances, it must obey the orders of the Ministry of Education.It is also the easiest of the college admissions reforms.

"But the situation of other universities is different. Prime Minister, I will start with universities run by foreigners. Due to historical reasons in our country, there are many universities founded by churches in the coastal areas, especially in Tianjin, Shanghai, and Qingdao, such as St. John's University , Zhijiang University, Soochow University, and Hujiang University are all such universities. Because these universities have a deep relationship with the United States, their graduates have the opportunity to study in the United States, so they are very popular among students. Not only that, the teaching philosophy of these universities is very advanced, the teaching strength is very strong, and many outstanding talents have been trained. In our country, the strength of these universities is very strong."

Church school.

Great.

In terms of strength and reputation, these schools are more powerful than many national universities.These universities have even begun to train graduate students. For example, their medical education is already a seven-year training model, just like the combined undergraduate and master studies in later generations.In this regard, even China Medical University can't compare.At present, China Medical University only offers undergraduate education, and all the students it trains are four-year or five-year students.It can be said that these missionary universities are truly cultivating elite students, and those students have the opportunity to study in the United States.

For this reason, their appeal to many students is high.At present, many descendants of big families in the coastal areas are willing to attend such a church university.

For example, the most famous St. John's University not only has a university, but also has its own affiliated middle school, which is a one-stop talent training model.Not to mention their universities, even the graduates of St. John's High School have great opportunities to study in the United States.Their alumni spoke out and scared a large number of people to death.Starting from Shi Zhaoji, Gu Weijun, Yan Huiqing's younger brother Yan Fuqing, and Liu Hongsheng all graduated here.

Here, Shi Zhaoji is currently the Chinese Minister Plenipotentiary to the UK, not only responsible for the affairs of the UK, but also the highest person in charge of China in Europe.Gu Weijun is the Chinese representative to the League of Nations, Yan Fuqing is the vice minister of the Ministry of Health and also serves as the director of the National Epidemic Prevention Committee and the director of the Education Committee of the Ministry of Health. Liu Hongsheng is China's "match king" and "cement king".

"Prime Minister, these church universities have their own set of enrollment methods. And they all have their own funds and have nothing to do with us. We have no right to order them to do anything. They may not support our new enrollment plan. Not necessarily accepted."

"go on."

"Let's talk about those private universities. The situation is similar to that of church universities. They all rely on their own investment to run universities, and they raise funds by themselves. How they want to enroll students is their business. Although there are many private universities these few If we can’t run it this year, we can only turn to the government for help, so it has become a national university or a provincial university. But there are still some private universities in our country. For them, unless the Ministry of Education makes it compulsory, they will not recruit students. What to say."

"kindness."

Again.

Whoever pays has the right to speak.Church universities and private universities have their own sponsors and their own board of trustees.So they can decide their own educational purpose.

Unless the government uses an executive order.

Otherwise, there is no way to interfere with their school running.

"However, the number of church universities and private universities is very small, and if our Ministry of Education really wants to deal with them, there are still many ways to deal with them, so there is nothing to be afraid of."

Tang Erhe spoke very easily.

In front of the powerful state apparatus, the so-called church universities and private universities can deal with them easily.It mainly depends on whether the Ministry of Education is willing to make a move.

In other words, the Ministry of Education is not capable enough, but as long as the government takes action, it is impossible for them to persevere.And it is mainly church universities and private universities, the number of which has been decreasing in recent years.

The biggest problem is funding.

The funds needed to run a school are staggering, and the funds needed by a university are even more.Especially some private universities, they are full of enthusiasm to establish universities.However, the funds required for the follow-up are extremely lacking, so in the end, many private universities could not continue due to financial reasons.

Compared with the past few years, the situation of national universities is booming.

Because of what?

money.

Since the Ministry of Education directly governs these national universities, they can get a large amount of education funding from the Ministry of Education.With funds, software and hardware can be developed, and rapid development can be achieved.It's the same at any time, you can't do anything without money.Many private universities have begun to lag behind in this regard.

After all, there are several rich people in China who are able to compare with the country's funds.Let them keep investing in universities, where do they have so much money.

"Prime Minister, when you think of church universities and private universities, the biggest problem is provincial universities and ministerial universities. This problem is very difficult to deal with. Let me talk about provincial universities first. Most of their school funds come from the provinces. Their own finances. Since they are living on the finances of the provinces, those provincial education departments naturally have their own ideas. The universities they funded, of course, they hope to serve their own provinces. That is to say, their universities, of course I hope to train more students. The Ministry of Education really has no way to do this. If you want to be like the national universities, all provinces in the country will collect students according to the population ratio, and it will be difficult for these provincial universities.”

Duan Xun frowned.

I understood what Tang Erhe meant.

The provincial universities in each province are run with their own savings.Although there are some allocations from the Ministry of Education, but not many, and most of them are impossible to get allocations from the Ministry of Education, and they rely entirely on the provinces' own finances to survive.

They spend so much money to run universities, of course they want to improve their education.So those provincial universities will of course enroll students from the province.

Nothing wrong with that.

Your Ministry of Education does not pay, why does your Ministry of Education order these universities to obey your orders.

"There are also ministerial universities. Prime Minister, the main source of enrollment for ministerial universities is people from their own ministries. The funds for these ministerial universities are the ministries themselves, and our Ministry of Education is not easy to intervene."

Tang Erhe expressed helplessness.

Although Duan Xun solved the warlords across the country, each government agency has its own hills and forces.This is true even of universities, many of which are beyond the control of the Ministry of Education.

Because there are currently many top universities in China, which are not under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education.For example, China Jiaotong University is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Communications and the Ministry of Railways.There are also China University of Engineering and China University of Technology, which are universities directly under the Ministry of Industry.And China Medical University, which is a university built by the Ministry of Health.

Not to mention the current military academies in China, including many equipment universities, are all under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Military Affairs.There is also the Police University in China, which is also a university under the Ministry of Police.

Each ministry has its own universities.

The funding and personnel relations of these universities are in various ministries and commissions, and the Ministry of Education has no way to intervene.They have their own set of regulations for college admissions.

Such as the Police University, although it also recruits high school graduates, but the number of places is limited.Most of the enrollment places are mainly selected from the major police systems across the country.It is mainly the local police systems that recommend talents to enter the police university for further study.

These universities are also the sphere of influence of various ministries.

"Prime Minister, the provincial and ministry universities..."

That's the biggest problem.

Duan Xun nodded, understanding what Tang Erhe meant.Duan Xun understands Tang Erhe's concerns.But Duan Xun can't do anything about this matter.

why?

Because these schools are funded by the province and the ministry.It is also impossible for Duan Xun to forcefully ask them to do so.As a superior, Duan Xun must take into account all aspects of interests.

The interests of the province, the ministry, and of course the Ministry of Education, as well as the cabinet's decision-making, need to find a balance.Those provinces and those ministries have spent money to run universities, and you can't ask them to give up their own interests.

If they are forced to follow the policies of the Ministry of Education, their enthusiasm for running a university will be greatly reduced.No one will be satisfied when it affects their own interests.

If they are hard-pressed, or softly confronted, or even stop investing in these schools, then the gains outweigh the losses.

"Minister Tang, your Ministry of Education should negotiate with them. Leave a certain number of places for them and take care of their ideas. Take out a certain number of places and allocate them to ordinary candidates."

"Prime Minister, this ratio is not easy to grasp."

Tiger's mouth grabs food.

It is so easy to take away their original interests from provincial universities and ministerial universities.Behind them are the provincial governments, the various ministries and commissions.