How Far Can We Learn Anything of Practical Value from Our Pioneers? Reconsidering Wu Yifang's Legacy of Higher Education

Autor/inn/en	Liu, Baocun; Kang, Yunfei
Titel	How Far Can We Learn Anything of Practical Value from Our Pioneers? Reconsidering Wu Yifang's Legacy of Higher Education
Quelle	In: Frontiers of Education in China, 16 (2021) 1, S.126-154 (29 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1673-341X
DOI	10.1007/s11516-021-0006-3
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Educational Development; College Administration; College Presidents; Women Administrators; Western Civilization; Asian Culture; Culture Conflict; Political Influences; Christianity; Social Responsibility; Religious Factors; Governance; Innovation; Educational Philosophy; Leadership Styles; Talent Development; Social Services; College Students; Student Development; Foreign Countries; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Bildungsentwicklung; College administrators; Hochschulverwaltung; College president; Hochschulpräsident; Weibliche Führungskraft; Kulturkonflikt; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Christentum; Soziale Verantwortung; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Führungsstil; Begabtenförderung; Talentförderung; Social service; Soziale Dienstleistung; Soziale Dienste; Collegestudent; Ausland
Abstract	The dilemma confronting modern university development presents a challenge to the management ability of university presidents, hence a need to review how successful presidents of the past managed. Wu Yifang, the first Chinese woman president with remarkable achievements in education, has thus come to our attention. As President of Ginling College (GC), she was confronted with a preponderance of contradictions, including the conflicts between the ideas of Western universities and Chinese traditional culture, between Christian spirit and social responsibility, between educational logic and the political environment, between traditional inheritance and innovation, and between universal university governance experience and the unique needs of GC. She eventually succeeded in balancing these contradictions with her superb management wisdom, with the management ideas in China's classical text, the Mean playing an important role in facilitating GC's development. Wu Yifang's management style demonstrated a remarkable balance in prioritizing both the pursuit of talent cultivation and social services, based on carefully catering to core principles pertaining to the development of universities and students. Wu Yifang's management practices and philosophy can thus provide important inspiration for university presidents. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01