"Implementation of the University Charter":Progress and Challenges of the Institutionalization of University Autonomy Based on Special Supervision of University Charter Implementation in Colleges and Universities in Hunan Province
Implementation of the university charter is a necessary stage for the institutionalization of independent running of colleges and universities.Since 2016,the Ministry of Education and local education departments have actively promoted the implementation of the university charter.The education departments supervised the implementation of the university charter with a detailed plan in Hunan Province,and they followed the institutionalized logic of multiple institutional elements such as regulatory elements,normative elements and cultural cognitive elements.The universities have basically realized the institutionalization of university autonomy in terms of institutional regulation in Hunan Province,laying a foundation for the governance consensus of university autonomy and pinpointing the characteristics of school governance and school running.However,due to the hasty formulation and implementation of the university charter,the practice of university governance was not thorough,challenges remain unresolved such as poor operation of the university autonomy,lack of consensus,and poor governance characteristics.It is necessary for all colleges and universities to continuously improve various school rules in the governance practice and strengthen the identity of the whole school,and inherit the tradition of governance to realize the institutionalization of university autonomy.
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