Breaking through Identity Barriers:the Evolution and Path Innovation of the Postdoctoral Institution in Universities
Facing the increasing scale of university postdocs,how to deal with the differences of different status types and optimize the employment management has become an important part of the institutional reform for post-doctors.The analysis of the evolution trajectory of the postdoctoral system in universities based on the perspective of status finds that the change process can be roughly divided into four stages:status construction,status integration,status differentiation,and status reconstruction.At present,the controversy or dilemma of the system construction mainly includes internal conflicts between system integration and status contract,the contradiction between unified system management and multiple status differences,the problem of how to identify postdocs'status as faculty reserve,and the potential risk brought about from"de-identification"and"re-identification".Therefore,this paper suggests that,in general,the postdoctoral system reform should start from three levels:status identification,employment optimization,and benefit sharing.In following,we should set up an academic identity network system for postdocs,improve the process mechanism of identity management and establish a career security system that meets the development needs for multiple status identification,so that we can further establish a sustainable postdoctoral identity platform.