Exclusive》Clearly not discussing Gao Weiyuan’s “suspension with pay” Tsinghua University: School affairs meeting has no power to decide whether the president should stay

Tsinghua University will hold its first school affairs meeting of the semester tomorrow (20th). It is known that four proposals will be discussed during the meeting, including the case proposed by the School Supervisory Committee to conduct an internal opinion survey on the incident of President Gao Weiyuan (see picture). (File photo)

Tsing University President Gao Weiyuan went to the United States to look for a job on the third day of his renewal in May this year. The Tsing University administration will hold its first school meeting of the semester tomorrow (20th). It is known that four proposals will be discussed at the meeting, including the case of conducting an internal opinion survey on the Gao Weiyuan incident proposed by the School Supervisory Committee. Regarding Lin Benjian, dean of the School of Semiconductor at Tsinghua University, at the Alumni Association dinner on the 14th, he proposed that Gao Weiyuan be suspended with pay. Tsingta University stated that there have never been any regulations or cases for "suspension with pay" in public institutions. Only professors who need to be "suspended with pay" due to secondment to other posts or other important events, and the decision of the professor's teaching position cannot be decided by the school council.

Tsinghua University officials mentioned that tomorrow’s school affairs meeting will be attended by about 100 representatives from 13 departments and student representatives. There will be 4 motions discussed, 2 reports and 2 reports filed. Academician Lin Benjian’s proposal to suspend President Gao Weiyuan with pay is not included in the four discussion proposals. Suspending professors with pay is unprecedented and cannot be followed by top universities or public agencies.

Tsinghua University pointed out that at tomorrow's school affairs meeting, the motion related to President Gao Weiyuan was proposed by the School Supervisory Committee. The content is whether the incident of Gao Weiyuan's renewal and job search will cause damage to the reputation of Tsinghua University and whether it will cause difficulties for future leaders to manage school affairs. Please ask the Computer Center to provide the results of the opinion survey, including divided into four groups: teachers, staff, students and alumni, through the school information system to conduct a credible anonymous opinion survey for a period of 2 weeks. Sampling surveys can be conducted. In addition, in order to avoid such situations from happening, it is recommended that relevant units formulate information disclosure provisions and standard handling procedures for related incidents.

Tsinghua University officials emphasized that tomorrow they will only vote on whether to conduct an opinion survey on the Gao Weiyuan incident, and will not discuss the position of a certain professor or president, because that is not the authority of the school affairs meeting. Furthermore, whether a professor is qualified or retained should be determined by each college through the three-level and three-level teaching evaluation committee process, and is not decided by the school council.

Academician Lin Benjian (pictured), dean of the School of Semiconductor at Tsing University, proposed that Gao Weiyuan, president of Tsing University, be suspended with pay. (File photo)