A university ethos is the sum of outward and underlying behavioral performance and rules of conduct in a university.The university ethos affects the morale of the university and affects the development of the university.As an academic community, as a place to explore advanced knowledge, the university should have the following ethos: (1) the pursuit of truth.Throughout the world's first-class universities, truth-seeking is the key to university survival, entry and excellence.The emblem of Harvard University, which has been used since the Harvard College era, is written in Latin with the word VERITAS, meaning "truth."The original text of Harvard's motto is also written in Latin, which means "to be friends with Plato, friends with Aristotle, and friends with truth."The text of Harvard University's emblem and motto clearly shows the purpose of Harvard University's establishment of the university - to seek truth and respect truth.2) Respect for teachers.Teachers and students are the main body of the university, and the university must be teacher-oriented, and in the course of running the university, it must also reflect teacher-oriented and life-oriented.A must-have ethos in universities is respect for teachers, who, as President Mei Yiqi said, lead staff to carry stools for professors.While respecting teachers, we must also respect students and respect students' rights and choices.(3) Encourage innovation.Zhu Kezhen put forward "truth-seeking" as his motto at the beginning of his tenure at Zhejiang University.And the connotation of "truth-seeking" is defined in three aspects: A, "truth-seeking" is the spirit of the struggle to explore truth, and the spirit of sacrifice for science."Seeking truth" means not superstitious, not subjective and arbitrary, and maintaining a clear scientific mind.C. "Truth-seeking" is to master the correct research method.[1]Innovation is the pursuit of universities.Only by seeking new things can we make progress, and only by seeking new things can we say university.(4) Promoting social responsibility.On the one hand, universities should serve society with their own achievements and talents, while also requiring universities to be a social conscience, criticize society, and lead society.The university must "set its heart for heaven and earth, set its life for the people, continue its learning to the Holy Spirit, and open peace to all the world."”
If the above four articles define the university's proper ethos, we will find that the current university lacks this ethos, and there are more ethos that should not exist in the university.What are the factors that influence the formation and development of university culture?
The factors that affect the university climate can be summarized in five ways: First, the leadership concept.That is, the role of school leaders in the formation of the university ethos is huge, and they can even directly determine the nature of the ethos.If the school leader respects science, respects teachers, and teaches, what he shows outside will naturally drive the school's overall pursuit of this.On the contrary, if the leadership style is bad, the concept is not right, and the work is unfair, it will lead a school astray.If the relationship between teaching and scientific research is emphasized, administrative and academic administration is emphasized, and the administrative personnel are crony rather than meritocratic, it will directly affect the behavior of administrative cadres.The second is governance structure.Whether school governance can embody common governance, whether teachers can have the right to speak, suggest, evaluate, and make decisions in academic affairs will directly affect teachers' enthusiasm.A university can only give all the actors in the university: leaders, administrators, teachers, employees, students, etc. their own voice, the right to be consulted, the right to choose and decide their own affairs.On the other hand, if everything is decided by the leader, when the leader and self-interest are heavy, the university must have a bad atmosphere.Three are public information.Information disclosure is a prerequisite for university students to connect with each other.Only when you have a full understanding and understanding of what happened at the university will you be able to identify with the relevant things.Otherwise, if the information is not public and gossip is rampant, the university will not have a good atmosphere.What is lacking in our universities right now is transparency.Four teachers above all.Teachers are the main body of the university and the foundation of running a school.Universities must be teacher-oriented, teacher-oriented and teacher-oriented.If teachers are marginalized and deprived of their right to speak and even to development, the university will fall into the abyss of depravity.5 The boundaries are clear.The administrative and academic boundaries are clear.It requires that administrative affairs cannot be substituted for academic affairs, and that administrative personnel cannot hold academic posts and hold academic posts, so that academic affairs are no longer allowed.Otherwise, the nature of human nature will let the academic administrators in power use their power to facilitate their own academic interests.After a long time, the university's popularity toward administration and administration began to deteriorate.
Now the university has been unable to put down a calm desk, and it has reached the point where it is urgent to reverse the university trend.It is of practical significance to study and understand the influencing factors of the university ethos and ethos generation.