从公共精神看民办高校健康发展的制约因素

摘要

公共精神是西方现代公民文化的核心观念，指在承认个人独立自主性的前提下，公民所拥有的着眼于社会整体的公共精神。目前我国部分民办高校办学者缺乏诚信自律意识、法制规则意识、公共责任意识等公共精神，并在一定程度上存在着背离公共精神的家族化意识。办学者缺乏相关的公共精神，是制约民办高校健康发展的重要因素。我国君主专制制度和儒家文化的负面效应是办学者缺乏公共精神的主要原因。昔日私立南开大学校长张伯苓所拥有的公共精神，值得当今民办高校的办学者学习。%　　Public spirit, as the core concept of modern citizen culture in western world , refers to the consciousness of society as a whole held by citizens with the acknowledgement of full personal independence and autonomy .Some of the current administrators in non-governmental institutions of higher learning in China lack the public spirit of the awareness of integrity and self -discipline, regulation and legislation, as well as the sense of public responsibility .To some extends, they depart from public spirit and be-lieve in family consciousness.This is one of the main factors that prevent non-governmental institutions of higher learning from their healthy developments .The negative effect from China's autocratic monarchy and Confucian culture is one of the main reasons for administrators'lack of public spirit.The lifelong affection of public spirit of Zhang Boling , a former president of Nankai Uni-versity, is well worth learning by his peers today .