Fudan University to launch a ‘promotion or leave’ alternative

More than a year after the murder, Fudan University President Professor Jin Li revealed that the university will launch an alternative plan of “promotion or leave”, and it is possible to stay without promotion. As long as young scientists can do well in the industry, they can Stay and resolve the “five-only” pressure in talent evaluation of “only papers, only hats, only professional titles, only academic qualifications, and only awards”. In June 2021, a case occurred at Fudan University in which a mathematics teacher was dismissed and the secretary of the party committee of the mathematics college was killed. The perpetrator has rarely received sympathy from people, and it is believed that part of the reason is related to the tenure-track system currently implemented in Chinese universities. tenure-track comes from the US, but the US system is far less competitive than China’s. Tenure-track candidates in the United States usually have 1 or 2 candidates, while tenure-track candidates in China often have even-digit candidates, and the criteria for evaluation often change, resulting in young teachers spending many years without getting anything.

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