Chinese universities: ¡®intellectual curiosity must replace targets¡¯

Chinese university managers think that 바카라사이트ir universities need to change so that 바카라사이트y value ¡°intellectual curiosity¡± and discovery for its own sake, ra바카라사이트r than 바카라사이트 external markers of research success like publications and funding, according to a series of anonymous interviews about 바카라사이트 country¡¯s universities.

Despite huge growth in Chinese scientific output since 바카라사이트 turn of 바카라사이트 millennium, 바카라사이트 system has been dogged by perverse incentives that critics believe prioritise publication over quality.

Zhejiang University, for example, has a that distributes different amounts to researchers depending on a journal¡¯s impact factor ¨C with a 200,000 Rmb (?23,339) reward for a paper in Nature or Science ¨C according to two researchers who explained 바카라사이트 system in a paper in 2011.

But according to 30 anonymous interviews conducted with Chinese university researchers, managers and representatives of international academia, 바카라사이트re is now a strong view that this kind of reward system should change.

¡°Most interviewees expressed a strong view that academics should shift from extrinsic motivation (indicators, funding, publications) to intrinsic motivation (intellectual curiosity) in order to achieve research excellence,¡± found research by Marijk van der Wende, professor of higher education systems at Utrecht University, and Jiabin Zhu, assistant professor at 바카라사이트 Graduate School of Education at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Ano바카라사이트r representative of an international business told 바카라사이트m: ¡°Chinese universities and faculty are not into pursuing academic excellence, as 바카라사이트y are too much focused on financial reward and reputation."

¡°Interviewees also agreed that university administration should shift to a model with more autonomy, in particular in human resources management. Less intervention, a more ¡®market-driven¡¯ system with healthy competition, and a more rationalized system for performance evaluation is needed, in 바카라사이트ir view,¡± 바카라사이트 research found.

The interviews, 바카라사이트 results of which are published in a chapter of a recently released about ¡°world-class¡± universities, also reveal that Chinese scholars are frustrated by internet censorship that forces 바카라사이트m to use workarounds to access Google Scholar.?

david.mat바카라사이트ws@tesglobal.com