Professional Transformation of “First-Class” University Presidents: Their Concerns, Reasons and Patterns
TONG Feng1, 2, SHENG Chuang-xin2
1. College of Marxism, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510632; 2. Human Resources Development and Management Office of Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510632
Abstract：Modern universities are known as the “power station” for the development of human society, and university presidents are the engines for the development of universities. There is a limit to the tenure of university presidents but no limit to the development of higher education. The president of a university has a dual identity as a scholar in theory and a profession in practice. Generally speaking, the publication of university presidents during their tenures gives us a glimpse of their management ideas and professional transformation. We make statistical analysis of the number of the papers of the “first-class” university presidents on higher education in CNKI, journals where those papers were published, download times, citation rate and high-frequency words during their tenures. The findings show that they shift from their previous research interests to higher education. Focusing on the high-frequency terms such as double first-class(DFC) program, moral-based practice in education, teaching reform, innovation-oriented country, and construction of undergraduate programs, the presidents of first-class universities usually choose “running the school by experts” mode based on personal charisma. The government, society, universities, and the presidents have jointly promoted the professional transformation of the “first-class” university presidents, from which came their “professional ethics”. This provides an important reference for promoting “double first class” programs and exploring modern university management system.
2021, Vol. 38 
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