I Am the President of the University

In the evening, the moon is scarce, on the campus of Stanford University.

The cool breeze is blowing, and the San Francisco Bay Area is still a bit chilly at night.

In the office of the president of Stanford University.

Chen Hao sat on the chair, looking away from the night outside the window.

His gaze fell on an elder in front of him.

The other party is almost ancient, and his hair is all white, but he feels extraordinarily energetic. Wearing a decent suit, he was bowing his head and writing something, and the sound of "swish" rubbing between the pen and the paper was very clear in this quiet office.

"Oh!"

With the pen and the cap closed.

After arranging the table, the elder stood up and said apologetically to Chen Hao, "Chen, I made you wait for a long time."

"No, no, Principal John, coming tonight has already caused you a lot of trouble." Chen Hao got up from the chair and hugged him.

John MacDonald, the current president of Stanford University, is also known as Stanford's greatest president!

John said unhappily, "Hey, Chen, just call me John based on my friendship with your teacher."

The next second after speaking, he smiled like an old urchin and asked, "How is our Stanford coffee better than yours at MIT?"

"Does this compare? Of course, our MIT coffee is much better!" Chen Hao said with a wry smile, "If I don't say it well, I guess my teacher will start scolding me."

"Hahahaha, that old guy Stephen is indeed this kind of person." John laughed and patted Chen Hao on the shoulder, "Chen, don't you mind walking on campus, right?"

"Oh~Who would mind walking with the principal of Stanford, the most popular among students? Isn't it?" Chen Hao said playfully.

"Haha, no wonder you are Stephen's favorite student, and I want to be your teacher." For Chen Hao's American humor, John said it was very useful.

The two left the office and walked around the Stanford campus.

Although John is the principal of Stanford, he was previously the dean of the Department of Computer Science and a well-known computer scientist in the beautiful country. He has a great friendship with Chen Hao’s mentor, Stephen, and every time Stephen goes to a meeting, he will be taken with him. Long, the relationship between the two has become familiar.

"Chen, how many days are you coming back this time?" John looked at Chen Hao.

"Um, I will be going back in about three or four days." Chen Hao touched his nose and replied.

"So short?" John couldn't help frowning. "Why don't you stay for a few more days?"

"No way, the school has too many business affairs. I will go home tomorrow for a day or two." Chen Hao shrugged helplessly.

John nodded and said in agreement: "That's right, it's not easy to be a principal."

Seeing Chen Hao's hesitation and cessation, John couldn't help but laugh, "Chen, your endurance still needs to be improved. What do you want to ask about this time? Just ask, old John knows everything. Tell you."

"That's it. I want to build a new college in our Guanghua University. I want to implement general education, but I have encountered some difficulties." Chen Hao said with a grimace.

"Oh? It's quite interesting. Tell me about what difficulties you have encountered?" Hearing Chen Hao's words, John suddenly became interested.

"Is such that……"

Chen Hao came out one by one from beginning to end.

Yuanpei College of Peking University can be regarded as a banner for undergraduate education and teaching reform in this century, the earliest and relatively mature model in the reform.

Therefore, Chen Hao directly chose to use the Yuanpei model to plan Guanghua College, but with a deep understanding of the Yuanpei model of Peking University, he found that this model has many flaws.

In order to allow students to be involved in various fields at the undergraduate level, the general education of the beautiful country tries various disciplines and concurrently studies liberal arts and sciences, and finally cultivates a full range of elite talents.

The national conditions of each country are different. Peking University Yuanpei did not choose to copy the system of a beautiful country, but on this basis, developed a talent training model suitable for Peking University.

Regrettably, it seems that it has failed.

"Then what are your thoughts now?" John asked, after a moment of thought.

"I seem to think of the model of this new academy a bit simpler, and now I am a little confused, how should I steer this ship?" Chen Hao was a little dazed.

Although there is a system that can view the opponent's attribute value, it can then make the opponent take less detours.

But here comes the problem. Why is the domestic college entrance examination not divided into liberal arts and sciences? Why are universities exploring new undergraduate education? Specialized education trains professionals in a certain field, rather than cultivating all-round all-rounders.

If you use [insight] skills to cultivate the most prominent part of the other party, isn't this still professional education? This conflicts with his original intention of establishing Guanghua Academy!

He wants all-rounders, not specialists!

But we can’t just copy the beautiful country’s system. After all, how many people are in each class in a university, and how many people in our class?

At present, it is the sinicization that has encountered problems.

This is also the reason why Chen Hao came to visit John after solving the problems in Silicon Valley.

Since the beginning of the 20th century, Stanford University has carried out six large-scale undergraduate education reforms.

In particular, the 2012 reform was the most extensive and deepest, and it also established Stanford University's position in the undergraduate talent training system in one fell swoop.

And it is the principal John who is next to Chen Hao who presides over this undergraduate education reform.

John shook his head and smiled, and said in unskilled Chinese: "There is an allusion in "The Spring and Autumn of Yanzi · Inner Pian Zaxia". Wang Shi Yanzi said: "Qi people are good at stealing? "Yanzi avoids the seat and said: "Ying Wenzhi, oranges are born in Huainan, they are oranges, and when they are born in Huaibei, they are oranges. The leaves are similar, but in fact they taste different. So what? Water and soil are also different. Today's people grow up in Qi and do not steal, but if they enter Chu, they steal. If there is no water and soil in Chu, the people will be good at stealing, right? "

Chen Hao nodded thoughtfully.

This passage is the origin of the idiom "South Orange and North Orange".

When Yanzi went to the country of Chu, the king of Chu wanted to use the Qi people to steal and humiliate Yanzi, but Yanzi used the oranges because of the different growth areas, and eventually changed from the orange in the south to the orange in the north.

The meaning is to ironic the other party, Qi people are honest in Qi, only start stealing when they arrive in Chu, and it is the poor water and soil in Chu that makes people like stealing.

"It is very difficult to find a talent training system suitable for your school. This is not like Newton's three laws. There is no one definition that can be applied to all schools. There are too many influencing factors." John sighed with emotion. Reform must be risky. Stanford To be able to have today's success, there is also an unknown danger behind it.

Chen Hao understood what John said, but his mind was still a little hazy and couldn't help asking: "John, I understand everything you say, can you give me some advice?"

He didn't have time to fumble and make plans slowly.

The predecessors planted trees, and the descendants took the shade.

Now that Stanford is able to succeed, then Old John must have some insights. They are here, and they must not be left empty-handed~www.readwn.com~ President Richard of Yale University once published "Tong" at the 4th Huawai University Presidents Forum. The speech of "The Role of Knowledge Education in the Development of Huaxia Education" criticized Huaxia's undergraduate education for lacking two very key factors, one is the breadth of interdisciplinary, and the other is the cultivation of critical thinking. "

John apparently has a great deal of research on Huaxia Education, and pointed out very sharply: "These two points of criticism are very pertinent. I think there are two shortcomings in current Huaxia undergraduate education. The first one is that the goal of general education is not clear, and the general education is not clear. What kind of people should be cultivated in education? The second shortcoming is the fragmentation of the knowledge learned by the students, and the ability to critical thinking and action cannot be cultivated."

Hearing this, Chen Hao's eyes suddenly lit up, clenched his fists, and shouted excitedly: "I understand!"

"Reshape the training goals, break the barriers of disciplines, highlight the ability, and unite knowledge and action. This is the direction that Huaxia General Education should move forward!"

At this moment, the mist in front of him cleared, and he found a avenue of his own.

It is also a road suitable for Guanghua University.

ps: Don't read the next chapter. I haven't finished writing yet. Procrastination has occurred. Sorry!