Since the establishment of the People's Republic of China,the university unit system has gone through four historical stages:formation and development period,trial and adjustment period,overall loosening period,and deepening reform period.Its changes are deeply influenced by the transformation of national gover-nance paradigm,collectivist culture,new public management,and the transformation of the international higher education system.In this process,the government and universities have provided strong impetus for the transfor-mation of the unit system based on the demands of administrative performance and management efficiency.How-ever,at the same time,the transformation of the unit system also exhibits strong path dependence due to sunk costs,learning effects,coordination effects,and adaptive expectations.The transformation of the university unit system has brought positive performance and negative impact.The reform of university governance should not only draw on the positive elements of the unit system,but also reshape the organizational identity of teachers to-wards the university.To limit the strong administrative logic of the unit system and optimize the academic ecolo-gy of universities,it is necessary to reform the personnel system of units in a positive manner and gradually con-struct a long-term employment system that is suitable for the national conditions.
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