Research On The Deficiency Of University Spirit And Its Cultivation

As China has been continuously deepening of reform and opening-up, and developing economy in a rapid manner, higher education has been extended at an unprecedented pace. With the growing popularity of higher education, competition among colleges and universities is becoming increasingly fierce. Currently, although there is no survival pressure on colleges and universities, the further popularization of higher education will soon change the situation. In term of an university on its unique spirit is not only their core competitiveness, but also the driving force for the sustainable development. However, nowadays the deficiency in Chinese colleges and universities constitutes a very serious problem, which urges the cultivation of the spirit should be emphasized and enhanced.The paper is first concerned with a brief description to the university spirit from the definition and connotations. By studying literature, and analyzing different definitions of the university spirit by authoritative experts in the educational circle, the author makes a generalization on the definition of the university spirit of his owns, and then expounds the contents of the university spirit, which contains free spirit, humanistic spirit, scientific spirit and innovation spirit.Then has been analyzed the important role of the university spirit in the universities and society. On the one hand, the university spirit embodies the fine tradition of the university cumulated in the process of long-term development. As an outstanding cultural at a high level, university spirit has a long lasting and far-reaching influence on the development of universities and colleges. On the other hand, university spirit affects the social development and progress, it radiates the social culture, and it leads the urban spirit.After that, the paper focus on a detailed survey of the various kinds of university spirit deficiency reflected by the university teachers and students, who are the main carrier of the university spirit. With the investigation of the students in HNAU , the author summarizes the university spirit deficiency phenomenon from the free spirit , the humanistic spirit, the scientific spirit, the innovation spirit, which are the content of university spirit, making the university spirit deficiency issue more clear and vivid.The forth part makes a deep research on the cultivation of university spirit. Against the university spirit deficiency phenomenon of Chapter III, the author proposes the corresponding measures to cultivate the university spirit...