How does the first batch of undergraduates from West Lake University stirred the "pond water"?

Zhejiang News Client Reporter Ji Ya

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The first batch of undergraduate freshmen in Xihu University has just started. As a small -scale undergraduate enrollment pilot of West Lake University, the "West Lake University Innovation Class" enrolled only in Zhejiang this year, recruiting a total of 60 senior high schools and high school students.

The school has been established for less than 4 years. The innovative educational model, high -level teachers and high -quality scientific research environments in West Lake University have commonly seen people in recent years, attracting the attention of outstanding students.

The addition of these 60 undergraduates added the most critical puzzle to the blueprint for the innovative talents of West Lake University, which also marked a major step in West Lake University in the reform of higher education.

When the 31 high school principals took their respective graduates to the stage, and handed the educated baton to Shi Yigong, the president of West Lake University, the attention of all sectors of society focused on this: these fellows and writers of these West Lake University in the future What kind of chief phoenix will sing? What new signals are released in the reform of the University of West Lake University in the reform of higher education?

Explore new enrollment model

Multi -three -dimensional inspection

When the time was pulled back to March this year -when West Lake University released the news that this year will recruit the first batch of undergraduates, the "exploring new mechanism for talent selection" is placed in a prominent position in the enrollment.

To put it simply, want to be one of the 60 people, candidates need to pass four levels. The first is to apply for customs clearance. In addition to the requirements of the high school academic level examination and competition awards, West Lake University also requires the application for candidates to invite the high school class teacher, the teacher or the school leader of the school to write two recommendation letters.

Since then, there are also initial tests, college entrance examinations and re -examinations. "The initial test is conducted online. Candidates need to complete the three test papers of mathematics, physics, and chemistry in the afternoon. The test questions are rare, and the content of the inspection is not the content of the college entrance examination." What is impressed by the high school graduate of Shangyu Chunhui Middle School, Essence The students who participated in the retest lived in the student dormitory of West Lake University. On the first day, the doctoral students took everyone to visit the campus and meet with the principal. The next day's written test inspecting the learning ability, first class and then inspection. The third day is an interview. There are two forms of expert interviews and group discussions. Jia Yifei said: "In the enrollment section, the re -test has a comprehensive quality test, which should be evaluated our overall performance of our 3 days."

This enrollment model is the first time in Zhejiang.

From the perspective of media reports, among the admitted students, there are many students in the college entrance examination reaching the traditional top universities, and there are students with a special type of control line. "West Lake University's inspection of students is diverse and three -dimensional. Students not only need a solid subject foundation, but also have a strong sense of social responsibility and excellent innovation ability." Qiu Yueling, president of Hangzhou Xuejun Middle School. Students at West Lake University usually perform well in the school, and the college entrance examinations are generally played. Eventually, with the outstanding performance of the preliminary test and retest, it is "successful". This is also the flexibility of the new mechanism of talent selection of West Lake University.

From the perspective of Fang Zhanhua, a professor and education scholar at the School of Education of Zhejiang University, the new mechanism of talent selection mechanism explored in undergraduate enrollment is very meaningful. "How to find a balance between fairness and justice and free enrollment, so that the selection of college talents no longer lacks elasticity is a problem that the education community has tried to crack over the years." That is, colleges and universities recruit some students through the "Trinity" comprehensive evaluation. Today, 11 years later, the "Trinity" is still innovative in the country's leading talent selection mechanism. The University of West Lake has promoted this exploration forward.

New mechanism for practical education

Cultivation of this blog

At the establishment of the West Lake University in 2018, Shi Yigong stated that he hoped that West Lake University would be an explorer of China's higher education reform to provide reference and reference to the construction of a modern university system with Chinese characteristics through his own practice and exploration.

The innovation of education mechanisms is one of the focus of the development of Xihu University. In the past five years, West Lake University has recruited 921 doctoral students worldwide, and it was not until this year that the undergraduate freshmen were recruited. Starting from the training of doctoral students, West Lake University has created a precedent for Chinese universities from doctoral students to undergraduate training.

Parents have worried that the professor of Xihu University will use his energy in academic research and doctoral education, and he will not attach great importance to undergraduate education. West Lake University eats "Xinxin Wan" for undergraduate freshmen. Unlike general undergraduate education, the school has selected more than 190 leading talents with top academic accomplishments or young scientists with academic potential as an undergraduate academic mentor. In other words, 60 freshmen have multiple mentors each. In addition, the school draws on the four major academies of the traditional Chinese academy and the university model of world famous schools. The four academy presidents "once a week", repeatedly considering from training concepts and curriculum settings.

From the perspective of Fang Zhanhua, various innovative measures of West Lake University are actually integrated. For example, exploring the training of this blog, as long as the first undergraduate students meet the requirements, they can choose to learn directly in the doctoral stage in the next semester of junior year. "This measure can greatly shorten the time required to study for a doctorate degree, and effectively cope with the difficulty of connecting the undergraduate and doctoral stage of students." Outstanding talents who can take the lead in the country, and become the "catfish" that stirred higher education reform, providing practical experience for more colleges and universities to accelerate the cultivation of innovative talents. Break through the ceiling of school

Need to do more

West Lake University is a "small and refined" university. The size of the campus, the size of teachers and students, and the discipline size do not win with great victory, but this does not affect the school and teachers as "big".

But "small" universities to achieve "big" actions are not easy. As a freshman, how to get more candidates, parents and even the recognition of all sectors of society? Candidates who participated in the re -examination of the Innovation Class of West Lake University told reporters that the initial test was shortlisted, but some students gave up the chance of re -examination. On the other hand, West Lake University currently faces the five disciplines of undergraduate enrollment, namely physics, chemistry, biological science, material science and engineering, and electronic information engineering. Except for electronic information engineering, several other majors are relatively biased towards basic research areas, and they are not the so -called hottest and earning majors in the society.

From the perspective of educator Xiong Bingqi, how to attract these basic disciplines of West Lake University, how to attract students who are interested in basic disciplines and are determined to become top talents in the field of basic disciplines, they need to come up with more "dry goods" that attract students. "If you pay attention to the construction of the curriculum, give students full choices, and make large categories of enrollment and general education as genuine. This also requires the school to have sufficient autonomy in running schools, to set up curriculum independently, and use the professor committee in the course construction of the course construction Leading. "

As the Honorary Chairman of the Chinese Association of Science and Technology and the academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Han Qide said at the opening ceremony at the opening ceremony that the deepest driving force for West Lake University to grow quickly comes from the urgent desire of Chinese society's demand for first -class universities and the reform of higher education systems. Han Qide said: "I hope that West Lake University will avoid the strengths and avoid weaknesses, focusing on the innovation and training model, compatible and packaging, teaching according to their aptitude, and continuously create new and new methods for other universities to learn."

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