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Gao Weiyuan’s job search has sparked controversy in the United States. The investigation will be discussed by the Chancellor’s Committee at the academic meeting of Tsinghua University, and it will face a chain reaction of academics who will resign and sign a petition to suspend alumni donations.
Gao Weiyuan, president of Tsinghua University in Taiwan, was previously revealed to have gone to the United States to find a job, which raised questions about “riding a donkey to find a horse” and integrity issues. Academician Liang Gengyi of Academia Sinica and others, who once served as the convenor of the President Selection Committee of Tsinghua University, jointly signed a letter asking Gao Weiyuan to voluntarily resign. Tsinghua University will hold a school affairs meeting today, and the school affairs supervisory committee will hold opinions and investigate the matter. Gao Weiyuan was questioned by the media about this matter yesterday. He said that he respects everyone’s opinion.
Gao Weiyuan attended the press conference on the signing of a micro modular reactor (MMR) cooperation agreement between Tsinghua University and NuCube Energy of the United States yesterday afternoon. In the face of media concern, he first smiled sheepishly and did not react immediately.
When repeatedly asked by the media, he said that he respects freedom of expression very much. “Please pay attention to the results of the school affairs meeting. As far as school affairs are concerned in the future, I think everyone will work hard to do things well.” While some academics did not understand and signed the petition calling for his retirement, he said he still respected everyone’s views.
Tsinghua University will hold a school affairs meeting today. The School Affairs Supervisory Committee will propose an opinion survey on whether Gao Weiyuan’s move to the United States to find a job will damage Tsinghua University’s reputation and impact the future school administration leadership. If the proposal is passed, a two-week anonymous sample survey will be conducted through the School Affairs Information System for four groups of teachers, staff, students and alumni.
It is understood that except for the investigation case proposed by the School Supervisory Committee, there are no other proposals related to Gao Weiyuan on the agenda of the Tsinghua University School Affairs Meeting. As for whether there are any temporary offers on the site? Depends on the proceedings of the meeting.
In August this year, it was revealed that Gao Weiyuan went to the United States to participate in the final election for president of the University of Hawaii three days after being re-elected as president of Tsinghua University in May, raising questions about “riding a donkey to find a horse” and integrity issues. Although he held a briefing on September 10 to apologize, his anger has not subsided. More than 10 academics, including Liang Gengyi, an academician of Academia Sinica who serves as the convener of the Tsinghua University president selection committee, and Shi Wei, a former president of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, jointly launched a joint petition a few months ago calling on Gao Weiyuan to voluntarily resign and retire. Liang Gengyi emphasized that integrity is a non-negotiable core value of university presidents.
The controversy over Gao Weiyuan’s departure and stay extends to the present day, and the influence appears to be expanding. Yesterday news came that a former student had stopped a big donation. Retired Professor Li Min said that although he has retired from Tsinghua University, the donation contract was originally handled by him during his tenure, so it can be confirmed that the donation has been suspended. When it will be restarted is still to be discussed through mechanisms by both the school and the donors.
According to the organizational regulations of Tsinghua University, unless the President’s term of office expires or he voluntarily resigns for major reasons, if more than 1/3 of the principal’s consent holders (professors and associate professors in the university) sign to submit the reasons and explanations of the “resignation case” to the School Supervisory Board, the School Supervisory Board will complete the review of the joint signatures within 15 days. After a secret ballot by the Presidential Consent Holders, if more than 2% of the Principal’s Consent Holders agree, the resignation case will be approved and submitted to the Ministry of Education for dismissal.
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At the School Affairs Meeting, the School Affairs Supervisory Committee will propose an opinion investigation matter to discuss whether Gao Weiyuan’s search for a job in the United States will harm the reputation of Tsinghua University and affect the school’s governance and leadership. If passed, an anonymous sample survey of teachers, students and alumni would be conducted.
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He smiled bitterly at the press conference, then expressed that he respects everyone’s opinions and freedom of speech, and asked the outside world to pay attention to the results of the school affairs meeting, and emphasized that everyone will work hard to do a good job in school affairs in the future.
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If there are compelling reasons, more than 1/3 of the principal’s consent holders must sign the resignation proposal. After the School Supervisory Committee completes the review within 15 days, the consent holders will vote by secret ballot. If more than 1/2 of the consent holders agree, the resignation can be accepted and submitted to the Ministry of Education for dismissal.
