The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 570: Which is more important, arts or science? (Update, please give me a monthly ticket)

The country is very supportive of studying abroad for further studies, and the determination is very strong.

Relevant leaders have issued important instructions on expanding the number of overseas students:
"I am in favor of increasing the number of overseas students, mainly in the natural sciences. We should send tens of thousands, not just eight or ten. This is one of the important ways to quickly see results and improve our country's scientific and educational level within five years. On the one hand, we should strive to improve the level of our own universities, and on the other hand, we should send people abroad to study, so that we can make a comparison and see how our own universities are doing."

It was precisely because of this instruction that the first batch of students went to the United States to study after the reform and opening up.

It is an indisputable fact that China lags behind in higher education.

Of course, these international students not only learn advanced science and technology from Europe, America and Japan, but also promote exchanges between the people of both sides and let Europe, America and other countries better understand China.

"Do you think liberal arts are more important or science is more important? There is a saying that if you know math, physics and chemistry well, you won't be afraid of traveling around the world. What do you think about this?" asked a student.

Liu Tao pondered for a moment, "Science and technology require science, and literature and thought require liberal arts. The two complement each other and are indispensable!"

For a country, both are important. If we focus too much on science, the humanities will shrink, and people will become machines, with a poor spirit, which is not worth the loss; if we focus too much on humanities, the science will shrink, and people will only be able to talk about it, but will not know much about high technology, and will not be able to turn human scientific achievements into a tool for benefit, and we will fall behind and repeat the mistakes of colonies and semi-colonies.

For individuals, it depends on the specific situation. Liberal arts can help people understand how to improve their quality of life, and they can concentrate on studying or creating without being disturbed by the outside world. Whether their achievements are famous or not, whether they can be displayed in time will not harm their own situation. Then they may become great people.

But for most ordinary people, science or engineering may be a better choice, because ordinary people are more concerned about employment and having a good job.

Liu Tao actually has no bias towards this. He thinks from a higher perspective and thinks that both should be given equal importance. This is why Southwest Associated University is not a science and engineering university, but a comprehensive university.

He believes that science represents science, technology and the country's hard power, which is the country's trunk, limbs and fists. The humanities represent thought, culture, politics and are the country's soft power. The superstructure, people's spiritual life and social atmosphere all rely on them. The humanities are like the human brain, thoughts and spiritual world. Without the humanities, people are like walking corpses.

The two complement each other, enhance each other, interact with each other, are interconnected, and are indispensable.

As for the consequences of emphasizing science over literature, the previous life has already proven that we will be beaten directly in the field of public opinion. Anyone can work in the media field, and anyone with any major can become a professor of media in a university.

He believes that anyone who actively sets these two subjects against each other has a problem, or at least has not learned the essence. Choosing one subject does not mean that you cannot be exposed to the knowledge of the other subject, just like Newton is a monument in physics but he also studied philosophy.

People need to develop in an all-round way!

After the speech, Liu Tao did not leave Southwest Associated University immediately.

Instead, he went to the cafeteria with Yang Zhenning and others.

This canteen has three floors. There is no separate canteen for teachers and staff or students. Teachers, staff and students all eat in the same canteen and the food is the same.

The dining table is made of wood, and each dining table is equipped with four chairs, which are also made of wood.

This kind of wood is of relatively good quality. It is heavy and simple, and can be used for one hundred or two hundred years without any problems.

Wood is also a major feature of the Southwest Associated University campus, and a large amount of wood is used.

For example, the artificial lakeside is lined with wooden piles, and the chairs and tables on the roadside of the campus are also mostly made of wood.

The tables and chairs in the classroom are basically wooden tables and chairs, and the wood is of relatively good quality.

After politely declining the request of the student in front of them to give up their seats, everyone lined up for a while, ordered their meals one by one, and then found a place to eat. Meals are free for teachers, staff and students.

But there was an old lady wearing a red armband, looking around with unfriendly eyes, intimidating everyone and making them afraid to waste food.

Take as much as you want to eat, don't waste it.

Slogans such as "Who knows that every grain of rice on the plate is the result of hard work", "Saving is glorious, wasting is shameful", "Food passes through the intestines, but courtesy remains in the heart" and so on are easily seen.

Liu Tao was sitting opposite Yang Zhenning. The two of them ate and chatted quietly.

Out of support for Southwest Associated University, and because the library of Southwest Associated University has not yet been built, the library of Panshan Group Headquarters is open to teachers and students of Southwest Associated University. One can enter the library of Panshan Group Headquarters with just a teacher or student ID.

This situation will continue until the end of next year or even the middle of the year after.

At this time, Yang Zhenning was talking to Liu Tao about the construction of Southwest Associated University (Wuhua Campus).

According to the original plan, Southwest Associated University (Wuhua Campus) will be built into the Southwest Associated University Museum and some social science research facilities.

Now that the construction of the new campus of Southwest Associated University is basically coming to an end, the construction of Southwest Associated University (Wuhua Campus) will also be put on the agenda after the Spring Festival.

Southwest Associated University was different from other universities in China in that it implemented a professorial governance model. Although it was not as strict as the professorial governance model in Germany, the professors still had great power.

The entire organizational structure is based on professors, who have a great say in the construction, management and teaching of the school.

Especially since Liu Tao hardly interfered in Southwest Associated University, teachers and researchers had a great deal of autonomy.

However, Liu Tao always maintained the power to intervene in Southwest Associated University at any time. This power can be used but must be there.

Whether to use it or not is one thing, having it or not is another.

He maintains influence over finance and personnel appointments.

Liu Tao did not object to what Yang Zhenning said. Although it would cost a lot of money, he thought it was worth it.

A modern university must require a lot of investment.

Unless Southwest University can achieve self-sufficiency in the future through income from stores, tourist tickets, patent licensing, and scientific research cooperation, Panshan Group will have to continuously provide blood transfusions to Southwest Associated University.

After all, unlike other domestic universities whose operating funds come from the state, the funds for the reconstruction of Southwest Associated University came from Panshan Group, and the future operating funds will also be paid by Panshan Group.

The relationship between the two sides is very close. It can be said that they have been tied together since the reconstruction of Southwest Associated University. They prosper together and suffer together.

　This was before the update!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)