Chapter 3001

Zhu Jimin said, "Mayor Su, if this is the case, that would be truly great. I think it should not be delayed. How about we sit together this Saturday to discuss the details? Let's talk at our Baozhou College, what do you think?"

Su Xinghui pondered for a moment. Today is Tuesday, and there are four days until Saturday. In these four days, he should be able to make appointments with the leaders of those three schools, so he nodded and said, "Fine, let's talk on Saturday."

Zhu Jimin nodded and said, "Fine, then I will prepare after I go back."

Su Xinghui said, "As long as you discuss the details of the merger well, I will go to the province with you to submit the application. If I go, the speed of their approval should be faster, and it will not delay the deadline for submitting the application to the State Council."

Zhu Jimin was overjoyed: "Are you telling the truth? Mayor Su, if you go to the province with us, then there will definitely be no problem."

Zhu Jimin had also heard that Su Xinghui's background was very deep, and he had a very good relationship with Wang Guoxiong, the Vice Governor in charge of culture and education. If Wang Guoxiong spoke up, then the staff in the province who were usually sluggish in work efficiency should not dare to be sluggish anymore.

As long as the province approved quickly, it would not delay submitting the application to the State Council, and there would be no need to delay another year.

Su Xinghui said, "President Zhu, how could I joke with you? What I said is, of course, true."

Zhu Jimin rubbed his hands and said, "That would be truly great. After submitting the application to the State Council, we can wait for the expert inspection group to come for inspection, and the establishment of the new Baozhou University will not be far away."

After submitting the application to the State Council, the State Council must send an expert acceptance group to the school that submitted the application within a certain period of time to inspect and accept, and score through various indicators. If the score meets the standard, it can be officially approved to establish a university.

These indicators include the scale of running the school, that is, the number of students in school. Generally speaking, it should reach more than 8,000. There are also the number of disciplines. In humanities (philosophy, literature, history), social sciences (economics, law, education), science, engineering, agriculture, medicine, management, etc., a university should have more than 3 discipline categories as main disciplines.

In addition, there are regulations on the level of teachers. Generally speaking, the proportion of teachers with master's degrees in universities should not be less than 50%, the proportion of doctoral degrees should not be less than 20%, the number of teachers with senior professional titles should not be less than 400, and the number of teachers with full professor titles should not be less than 100.

In addition, there are strict regulations on the university's scientific research level, scientific research funds, master's degree points, key laboratories, key disciplines, the number of published papers, the number of awards, and infrastructure. If these regulations cannot be met, it is difficult to meet the standard of upgrading to a university.

Su Xinghui said, "President Zhu, if we submit the application report to the State Council, can the software and hardware conditions of our Baozhou University meet the standards?"

Zhu Jimin nodded: "We have already made investigations and calculations. As long as our four schools merge, the conditions of our new Baozhou University after the merger can fully meet the standards and can be steadily upgraded to a university. In fact, many conditions can be met by our Baozhou College alone, but some hard conditions such as the scale of running the school, the number of teachers, and the level of infrastructure must still be met after the merger."

Su Xinghui nodded: "As long as you are sure, speaking of which, your work performance at Baozhou College in recent years has been quite effective!"

Zhu Jimin has been the president of Baozhou College for six years. Six years ago, Baozhou College did not have its current strength. At that time, their number of students in school was only about 3,000, the number of teachers was only about 200, and the level of teachers was also very average. The proportion of teachers with senior professional titles was not large, and it was even more average in discipline construction and scientific research level.

But in the six years he has been the president of Baozhou College, the number of students in Baozhou College has increased by more than double, and the number of teachers has also increased by double. Zhu Jimin introduced some policies to attract talent, allowing a group of excellent teachers to come to Baozhou College, greatly improving Baozhou College's teaching level and scientific research level, which also increased the attraction to students.

Of course, the significant increase in the number of students in school is inseparable from the expansion of university enrollment in recent years. However, the main reason is still some of Zhu Jimin's policies, which greatly enhanced Baozhou College's strength. If it weren't for this, Zhu Jimin wouldn't have the confidence to merge those schools and upgrade to a university.

Now Baozhou College still has some deficiencies in several hard conditions such as the scale of running the school. However, after merging those schools, these deficiencies have just been made up, especially Baozhou Medical College and Baozhou City Finance School can just make up for Baozhou College's deficiencies in medicine, economics, and management, making the new Baozhou University stronger and stronger.

Zhu Jimin said, "Since I am the president, I have the responsibility to run this school well."

Su Xinghui nodded: "Fine, President Zhu, since you are so sure about passing the expert group's acceptance, then you go back and prepare. You still have to talk to the leaders of those schools about the details of cooperation."

Zhu Jimin stood up and said, "Okay, Mayor Su, then I will go back first. Please go to our Baozhou College on Saturday to participate in the talks. I will come to pick you up then."

Su Xinghui then asked Xia Song to notify the leaders of Baozhou Medical College, Baozhou City Finance School, and Baozhou City Radio and Television University, asking them to go to Baozhou College on Saturday to participate in the symposium to discuss the relevant matters of merging and upgrading the four schools into a university.

The leaders of these schools received Xia Song's call and readily agreed to go to Baozhou College on Saturday for a symposium.

Su Xinghui had summoned the presidents of these schools one by one some time ago and persuaded them. The presidents of these schools were originally unwilling to merge with Baozhou College, but Su Xinghui still persuaded them.