论加强和改进研究生思想政治工作的途径

高校教育重要组成部分的研究生教育旨在培养高层次专门人才,但面对社会形势的深刻变化、研究生扩招等新形势,研究生思想政治工作要予以加强和改进,拓宽思想政治教育的途径,实现研究生素质的全面提高。     

加强和改进研究生思想政治教育工作的有效途径

目前,我国的研究生教育虽已取得了较大的成就,但也存在着一些不容忽视的问题。要把广大研究生培养成为具有高尚道德情操和高水平业务素质的高层次专门人才,就必须加强研究生的思想政治教育。本文在强调加强研究生思想政治教育必要性的基础上,提出了加强和改进研究生思想政治教育的有效途径。     

新时代高校研究生网络思想政治工作的现状、问题与对策研究

研究生教育是高校培养高层次人才的主阵地,只有培养出德才兼备的高水平人才,才能增强我国的国际竞争力,实现中华民族的伟大复兴。研究生不仅要具备扎实的专业技能和知识,更要有过硬的政治素养。随着网络技术的迅速发展,上网不但成为人们日常学习、生活和工作的一部分,也是人们获取知识、休闲娱乐的途径,但这也使研究生的"三观"及思想意识极易受网络的影响,形成错误的认知。该文深入研究了新时代高校研究生网络思想政治工作的现状、问题与解决问题的对策,旨在为做好研究生思想政治教育工作、培养一流研究生打下坚实基础。     

加强质量监控 提高教育质量

研究生教育过程是一个控制过程,是使教育者在控制作用下改变其“活动状态”以达到教育目的的过程.因此,在研究生教育工作中,整个管理就是一个控制系统,它保护研究生培养按照规定的目标发展,实现高层次人才的培养目的.研究生教育管理过程包括招生管理、教学管理、学位授予工作管理、思想政治教育管理、行政生活管理等,没有这些方面的具体管理,研究生教育无法进行,高层次人才培养只能是一句空话.分析西安电子科技大学10多年来研究生培养质量高的原因,归纳起来主要有三条,一是有一批高质量的学科点和一支高水平的师资队伍,二是严格的教学,三是研究生有良好的学习作风.     

零度管理在研究生思想政治教育工作中的应用

研究生思想政治教育工作是研究生培养过程中的一项重要内容.借用零度管理的思想,论述了零度管理在研究生思想政治教育工作中的内涵,通过分析研究生思想政治教育工作存在的问题,论述了零度管理在研究生思想政治教育工作中的可行性.     

零度管理在研究生思想政治教育工作中的应用

研究生思想政治教育工作是研究生培养过程中的一项重要内容。借用零度管理的思想，论述了零度管理在研究生思想政治教育工作中的内涵，通过分析研究生思想政治教育工作存在的问题，论述了零度管理在研究生思想政治教育工作中的可行性．     

关于加强研究生思想政治教育工作的研究

研究生思想政治工作是研究生教育体系的重要组成部分,在研究生的全面培养中具有不可替代的作用,但这一工作还存在一些亟待解决的问题。本文紧密结合研究生自身的特点,从研究生思想政治工作队伍建设、研究生党建、研究生心理健康教育、提高辅导员素质、发挥研究生导师的作用等方面努力推进研究生思想政治工作。     

思想政治教育与研究生创新素质培养关系的现状调查与思考

高校研究生对思想政治教育培养其创新素质现状的认识呈现如下特征：肯定思想政治教育对研究生成才的重要作用,但对思想政治教育与研究生创新素质培养的关系认识不深;承认研究生创新素质的培养与思想政治教育教师素质的一定关联,但对思想政治教育教师的创新素质评价不佳;基本赞同发挥思想政治教育培养研究生创新素质的作用,但对如何发挥思想政治教育培养研究生创新素质作用的途径认识不一;赞赏思想政治教育教师的工作态度,但对思想政治教育教师培养研究生创新素质的方式满意度不高;不满目前高校研究生的创新素质现状、但通过思想政治教育教学增强自身创新素质的自觉性不强。     

全日制专业学位研究生思想政治教育面临的问题与对策

由于全日制专业学位研究生具有思想成熟、独立自主、价值观比较现实等特征,使得他们的思想政治教育工作存在轻思想政治教育、思想教育体制不健全、培养方案不成熟等问题,通过对问题的综合分析,提出全日制专业学位研究生的思想政治教育工作系统化、培养方案应突出研究生的职业道德修养、在实践教学环节中进行思想政治教育这三条对策.     

加强新时期研究生思想政治教育工作论析

随着我国高等教育事业的快速发展,研究生思想政治工作正面临着许多新的机遇与挑战。文章阐述了加强和改进研究生思想政治工作的重要意义,分析了研究生思想现状及成因,对加强研究生思想教育工作提出了一些参考性的意见和建议。     

Students' Reactions to the Introduction of Videoconferencing for Classroom Instruction

This study examined how students who had no prior experience with videoconferencing would react to the use of videoconferencing as an instructional medium. Students enrolled in seven different courses completed a questionnaire at the beginning of the semester and again at the end of the semester. Students at the origination and remote sites did not differ in their reactions toward videoconferencing but there was a significant difference for gender. Women reacted less favorably to videoconferencing. Compared to the beginning of the semester, students reported significantly less positive attitudes toward taking a course through videoconferencing at the end of the semester. There were no significant differences in students' attitudes toward videoconferencing across courses at the beginning of the semester but there were significant differences across the courses at the end of the semester. The results suggest the need for better preparation for both students and instructors.     

Cooler temperatures inductive to locust outbreaks

Ajoint study by Prof. ZHANG Zhibin from the CAS Institute of Zoology and his co-workers from Norway, US and Swiss have indicated that historical outbreaks of migratory locusts in China were associated with cold spells, suggesting that China＇s projected climate warming could decrease the pest＇s numbers. The study was published in Proceedings of theNational Academy of Sciences on 17 September, 2007.     

To serve and promote science development via innovation

CAS should stick to the principle of rendering service to, and giving impetus for, the development of China＇s science enterprise by making S＆T innovations, said CAS President LU Yongxiang. The CAS president made the remarks in a recent talk to communicate the gist of the winter session of the Party＇s Leading-member Group at CAS, which was held from 7 to 11 January in Beijing.     

Exploring Multiplexity: Social Network Structures in a Computer-Supported Distance Learning Class

A computer-mediated group is a complex entity whose members exchange many types of information via multiple means of communication in pursuit of goals specific to their environment. Over time, they coordinate technical features of media with locally enacted use to achieve a viable working arrangement. To explore this complex interaction, a case study is presented of the social networks of interactions and media use among members of a class of computer-supported distance learners. Results show how group structures associated with project teams dominated who communicated with whom, about what, and via which media over the term, and how media came to occupy their own communication niches: Webboard for diffuse class-wide communication; Internet Relay Chat more to named others but still for general communication across the class; and e-mail primarily for intrateam communication. Face-to-face interaction, occurring only during a short on-campus session, appears to have had a catalytic effect on social and emotional exchanges. Results suggest the need to structure exchanges to balance class-wide sharing of ideas with subgroup interactions that facilitate project completion, and to provide media that support these two modes of interaction.     

Tracing the origin and early radiation of birds——Paleornithologist ZHOU Zhonghe

With great care, Dr. ZHOU Zhonghe takes out a package wrapped by cotton tissue from a drawer and says: "This is the gem of our collections: the fossil of a bird that lived 125 million years ago!" Then, pointing at a tiny mound, he explains: "Look, this is the claw and that is the head. It was in the egg shell and ready to hatch ... The species fell into a family of waterside inhabitants."     

The Role of Intermediating Institutions in the Diffusion of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI): How Industry Associations Intervened in Denmark, Finland, and Hong Kong

Electronic data interchange (EDI) provides means for interorganizational communication, creates network externalities, requires an advanced information technology (IT) infrastructure, and relies on standards. In the diffusion of such innovations, institutional involvement is imperative. Such institutions contain governmental agencies, national and global standardization organizations, local government, and nonprofit private organizations like industry associations. The last type of organizations we call intermediating institutions. They intermediate or coordinate ("inscribe") the activities of a group of would-be adopters. Unfortunately, little is known of how these organizations shape the EDI diffusion trajectory. In this article we examine one specific type of intermediating organizations?industry associations?and how they advanced the EDI diffusion process in the grocery sectors of Hong Kong, Denmark and Finland. We identify six institutional measures, placed into a matrix formed by the mode of involvement (influence vs. regulation) and the type of diffusion force (supply push vs. demand pull), that can be mobilized to further the EDI diffusion. Industry associations were found to be active users of all these measures to varying degrees. Their role was critical especially in knowledge building, knowledge deployment, and standard setting. Furthermore, institutional involvement varied due to policy and cultural contingencies and power dependencies.     

How Electronic Publishers are Protecting Against Piracy: Doubts About Technical Systems of Protection

The increasing prospects of digital piracy has prompted the perceived need by electronic publishers to adopt technical systems of protection, and governments to reform their copyright laws. This article is a preliminary study of the management of intellectual property by electronic publishers, defined as those involved in the production of online databases, and CD-ROMs. It focuses on three main issues: (1) how electronic publishers view the increasing threat of piracy; (2) the methods of protection employed to protect intellectual property in digital format; and (3) the importance of technological protection of intellectual property in electronic publications. The analysis is based on a sample of 23 UK electronic publishers. The interviews revealed an interesting assortment of protection methods and did not show that technological protection was a preferred way. Instead, the means of protection, in addition to copyright law, comprised niche markets, pricing, trust, bad publicity, and nontechnical and technical means.     

Rough Justice: A Statistical Assessment of ICANN's Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy

Long-standing conflict between domain name registrants and trademark holders prompted the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to create a global, mandatory arbitration procedure known as the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). The UDRP has been used in 2166 cases involving 3938 domain names as of 1 November 2000. The policy gives the initiator of a complaint, generally a trademark holder, the right to choose which ICANN-accredited dispute resolution service provider (RSP) will handle the case. During the preparation of the UDRP,some feared that complainant selection would lead to "forum shopping" that might bias the results. This article performs a statistical assessment of the forum-shopping thesis and finds support for it. There are statistically significant differences in the various RSPs' propensity to take away names from defendants; there are also major differences in the number of cases brought to each RSP. RSPs who take away names have the larger share of cases. The study examines other variables that might explain differences in market share, such as price, the plaintiff's nationality, or the time taken to decide a case. It finds that nationality and time also are correlated with market share. The study concludes that shopping for a favorable outcome is an important factor in the UDRP.     

Prevalence of soft neurological signs in Chinese people

Prof. Raymond C.K. Chen, a neuropsychologist with the CAS Institute of Psychology, has made novel progress in his studies of schizophrenia. His work has been reported by a recent issue of Behavioural Neurology.     

Our Own Devices: Heterotopic Communication, Discourse, and Culture in the Information Society 1

The main premise of this article is that in information societies generally, and in virtual social contexts particularly, a distinctive style of interaction to facilitate the communication of difference, heterotopic communication , has emerged. It rests on two cultural foundations: an ideological belief in the positive, socially integrating power of communication, and a prevailing ethic of instrumental rationality, subjective individualism, and strategically practiced self-interest. The former is demonstrated by the use of simulation and spectacle as sources of information; exhibitionism/voyeurism as a communicative style; and the awareness of surveillance. The latter is seen in the competitive use of knowledge as a commodity; a surface globalism masking deep parochialism; lateral as well as vertical information inequity; and the use of public versus private as strategies for engagement rather than as spaces. Those who engage in heterotopic communication resort to their 'own devices' both in the sense of personal agendas, strategies, interests, and interpretations, and in the form of the telecommunication tools that help realize them. These personal and technological devices allow individuals with the right educational and technical resources to avoid exposure to disagreement, difference, or other information that does not serve their direct purposes or reflect their particular views of the world; yet they also help convey the appearance of openness, availability, and cooperation. This style of interaction is used strategically in combination with information and communication technologies to gain social or economic advantages, but it may encourage social separatism and parochialism, inhibit the negotiation of disputes, and emphasize competing interests.