On The Will Of A University

We tried to put "the will of a university" as an important concept of the basic theory of higher education and put it forward.This concept not only has important academic value and practical significance,but also guides the construction of higher education disciplines and personnel training.This article focuses on the following issues and presents our insights.The relationship: University will,university ideals,and university spirit.University spirit contains two aspects—— mind and heart("brain power" and "heart power").University ideal is a kind of "brain power" level university spirit,and " heart power " level of university spirit is mainly expressed as "university will".The university spirit that lacks the will of a university is a "slogan" and university ideals lacking university will eventually become "fantasy" ! University ideals and university will constitute a one-to-one relationship of yin and yang and a virtual and empty relationship.It is a interdependent “tai chi diagram” of the university spirit.The university's will:"positive and negative" and "strong and weak".University ideals are directions and guidelines.If we cannot "do things" toward university ideals or act on the "ought" of universities,and our ideas are not right,we will certainly make universities "non-universities”.The development of a university is to advocate a spirit of displacement and adherence to the ideals of a university.In a complex and ever-changing environment,it is the will of a university that insist on making selections,choices and decisions based on the correct university ideals.If so,then it is the will of a university and a good one.If not and lack of directions,then it is "non-university will",that is,a bad one.It can also be classified as more or less,strong or weak.Running a university is a contest of will.To run a university: A " willful man ","facts" eventually happen.In the light of a university ideals,running a university must be willful,and "do not aspire,there is nothing to be done in the world." Because universities are human facts,not only institutions but also processes.Human facts are different from man-made things since once a man-made machine is formed,it can run without a will.And the university,once it is not subject to the idea of a university,will become a non-university.To run a university is always in the process of the event and will always be on the road.University affairs cannot be done once and for all,and it must be worked in a meaningful way forever.Just as the work of Sisyphus in the ancient Greek mythology to push the rock up the mountain was a non-stop work of knowing and doing.The will of the university is to combine knowledge with practice.University will is the will of key figures' excitation and resonance of organizational will.The development of a university depends on the will of key figures inspiring the common will which will promote the organization.The transformation of individual will into an organization will manifest itself as spatial cohesion and radiation,accumulation and inheritance in time.The will of the university means such a mental state that —— in the course of university development,those key people who are rich in the ideals of the university,regardless of whether they are in the normal or abnormal state of the university,can have a good faith,make a trend,guide the direction,determine the goal,practice what they have done,build consensus,to work with collective wisdom and concerted efforts,thus he can continue to promote the continuous development of the school.Therefore,the will of the university is the will dominated by the idea of a university.It is the will dominated by the key figures It is the common will of an organization and the will of inheritance from generation to generation.The will of a university is "firm and tough" rather than "hard and brittle".It is full of practical wisdom.Running a university in China,we must learn and revive Chinese traditional wisdom: Use "in-the-world" attitude to do "beyond-the-world" practice,"mind the major points of conduct" and "neglect the minor points of conduct",sincerity and " ‘Dao' into ‘the human body' ",seize the opportunity and take advantage of it.University leaders must develop university by forming the noumenon effort of both Dao and Techniques.