教授委员会制度与高校决策模式改革

教授委员会是教授群体参与高等学校决策的制度性组织,是一个依托基层学术组织的决策机构和为学校发展建设出谋划策的咨询机构,其决策的对象是与学术发展直接相关的事务。我国高校实行教授委员会制度是一项重要创新,它是深化高等学校体制改革,建立现代大学制度的客观需要,也是坚持以人为本,促进大学学术发展的客观要求。树立先进的大学理念、明确教授委员会的功能定位和运作规则,以及充分考虑该制度创新的成本是教授委员会制度存在并发挥作用的思想基础。

The System of Professor Committee vs. the Reform of the Policy-Making Scheme in Universities

The professor committee is a systematic organization which enables professors to participate in the making of policy in universities collectively.It is a policy-making organization dependent on the basic level academic organization and a counseling institution which offers suggestion for the development of the university.The policy it makes is directly connected with the academic development.It is an important innovation for our country to conduct the professor committee system in universities. It is an objective need for the deepening of reform of systems in universities and the establishment of modern university system. It is also an objective requirement for the promotion of the people-oriented academic development.We should establish advanced idea about universities,clarify the function and operation of the professor committee, and take into full consideration the cost of system innovation. This is the ideological basis for the professor committee system to exist and play its role.