上海市教委日前发布《关于2012年下半年上海市高等教育工作的补充意见》，支持上海对外贸易学院、上海体育学院、上海应用技术学院、上海电力学院更名为大学。（新闻晨报8月28日）

Released by Shanghai municipal education commission《About the second half of 2012 Shanghai higher education work of the supplementary opinions》，Support Shanghai institute of foreign trade、The Shanghai sports institute、Shanghai institute of technology、Shanghai electric power college was renamed university。（Morning news on August 28,）

　　近来，我国高校更名又进入一个“小高潮”，前不久，中国科学院研究生院，就更名为中国科学院大学。按照我国《高等教育法》规定，“大学或者独立设置的学院还应当具有较强的教学、科学研究力量，较高的教学、科学研究水平和相应规模，能够实施本科及本科以上教育。大学还必须设有三个以上国家规定的学科门类为主要学科。设立高等学校的具体标准由国务院制定。”上述这些高校从举办的学科门类看，确实已具备称为“大学”的条件。但是，如果认为学院更名为“大学”，就体现了学校办学水平更上一层楼，并把更名作为学院办学追求的目标，则会误导大学的发展。

recently，Universities in China and to enter into a name“Small high tide”，Not long ago，Graduate school of Chinese academy of sciences，It was renamed university of the Chinese academy of sciences。According to our country《Higher education》provisions，“University or independently established colleges (schools) shall also has strong teaching、Scientific research strength，Higher teaching、Scientific research level and corresponding scale，Can impart undergraduate and postgraduate education。The university also must have more than three categories of disciplines prescribed by the state as the main subject。Specific standards for the establishment of institutions of higher learning shall be formulated by the state council。”These universities held from discipline class look，Really has called“university”conditions。but，If you think that college was renamed“university”，It reflects the school level to the next level，And the name as school running the pursuit of the goal，Will mislead the development of the university。

　　从上世纪90年代中后期起，我国大学先后出现合并潮、更名潮。大学更名的原因不一而足，有的因学校合并更名；有的因专升本更名，从学校更名为学院；有的因认为原有校名（行业属性较强）局限了学校的发展更名；更多的则是把学院更名为大学。总体看来，在更名大潮中，高校都有一个认识，叫学院比叫学校更牛，叫大学比叫学院更带劲。因此，不少学校校领导把在自己任期内，让学校升格、更名，作为一项重要任务。

From the 1990 s on，Our country university successively appeared merger tide、Style tide。The cause of the university was an isolated case，Some school name for merger；Because some rise only this name，From the school was renamed college；Some think that because the original names（Industry attribute strong）Limited the development of the school name；More is the college was renamed university。overall，In the name of spring，College has a meet，That college school more than that cattle，That university college than that more aggressive。therefore，Many schools the school leader in his tenure，Let the school promoted、style，As an important task。

　　围绕更名的任务办学，让大学更名，是容易的，一方面，只需对照大学命名的条件，去发展相应的学科；另一方面，努力公关主管部门，得到其批准即大功告成。但是，在追求大学更名的过程中，高校可能出现两方面问题，一是背离学校办学的定位，为符合大学命名要求，不顾办学条件，一味追求举办新学科，学校的学科确实增加了，却没有办出特色，也分散学校的办学精力，比如语言类学校，要命名为大学，就举办经济学、管理学学科；而体育累学校，则开设文学和管理学。

The task of the name around the school，Let the name university，Is easy，On the one hand，Just control university named conditions，To develop the corresponding subject；On the other hand，The department in charge of public relations efforts，The approval is success。but，In the pursuit of university in the process of the name，University may be two aspects，One is the deviation of the school location，To conform to the university named requirements，Regardless of the school running conditions，Devotion to hold the new subject，The school discipline really increased，But no characterizing，The school also disperse energy，Such as language class school，Desperately called university，Economics is held、Management discipline；And sports tired school，The department offers literature and management。

　　二是丧失原有校名的品牌，有的高校在上世纪末更名，可直到10多年后的今天，还必须在新校名后加括号注明旧校名，这足以显示旧校名的深入人心以及新校名的糟糕，还有的高校在更名为大学名后，遭到校友的集体反对。

The second is the loss of the original brand names，Some universities in the end of the 19th century style，But until 10 years later，Must also be in the new names after add parentheses indicate the old names，It is enough to show the old names of thorough popular feeling and new names bad，Other universities in the renamed university after the name，Being the collective against alumni。

　　因此，一直以来，社会舆论都反对大学热衷更名，希望大学坚持自己的办学定位、办学特色，可如今看来，大学对更名的热情不减。据统计，仅2009年一年，就有40多所学校更名。

therefore，Has been，Public opinion is against the university was keen，Want the university to insist on his own orientation、School running characteristics，But now it seems，The name of the university of passion flesh。According to the statistics，In 2009 alone，Have more than 40 school name。

　　出现这两方面问题，与我国高校办学的追求和大学办学的决策有关。在当前功利的办学环境中，不少高校都追逐学校的外在发展，具体包括发展学校的规模，增设学校的学科，等等，以尽快体现自己的办学政绩，在这种办学思想指导下，把学校升格为学院、学院升格为大学，显然是十分显著的政绩。这种办学思想，不但对我国整体高等教育发展不利，也影响学校自身的发展，这导致我国高等教育形成从大学、学院到学校的等级结构，让高等院校间存在身份差别。大学办办学精力用到追求身份高低上，而忽视了内涵的建设，同时在追求外在发展目标时，出现“千校一面”，而不是在各个层次、各个类型都办出一流的有特色的学校。

In these two aspects，With China's higher education and the pursuit of universities decision making。In the current utilitarian school environment，Many universities are chasing the school external development，Specific include the size of the school development，Add the school discipline，, etc，As soon as possible to reflect its own achievements，In this school guidance，The school upgraded to college、College upgraded to university，Obviously is very significant achievements。This kind of education thought，Not only to our country's whole higher education development is adverse，Also influence the school's own development，This has led to the formation of China's higher education from university、College to the school level structure，Let the institutions of higher learning difference between identity。University do the energy use the pursuit of identity on the high and low，And ignore the connotation construction，At the same time in the pursuit of the external development goal，appear“Thousand school side”，Not in all levels、Each type do first-rate is characteristic of the school。

　　而目前大学的办学决策机制，也给了办学者方便之门。在发达国家，大学更名是学校的大事，需要得到教授会、学生会的同意，还要通过大学理事会的审批。而在我国，往往学校行政领导拍板，就可决定更名方案，再把方案提交主管部门审批，这样的更名体现的只是行政的意图，而并不能反映师生的想法。所以，不少高校的更名既没有为学校获得更大的发展空间，也没有带来新的品牌效应。大学的名字或许好听了，但定位和精神却迷失了。

The university at present and the decision-making mechanism，Also gives operators convenience。In developed countries，University is the name of the school events，Need to get professor will、The consent of the students' union，Also through the college board approval。While in our country，Often the school administrative leadership clappers，Can decide the name scheme，The plan submitted to the competent department for examination and approval，Such a style reflect only administrative intention，And can't reflect the idea of teachers and students。so，Many universities had no name for the school acquire the larger development space，No bring new brand effect。University name may sound good，But positioning and spirit but lost。

　　其实，一所高校的办学空间、办学质量与办学声誉，与校名是什么，并没有多大的关系，反而，就是一个极其普通的校名，由于学校办学有特色，却成就为令人神往的名字。比如，美国的加州理工学院，英文名为California Institute of Technology，美国的麻省理工学院，其英文名为Massachusetts Institute of Technology，这两所世界一流大学，培养的诺贝尔奖获得者总计超过100位，可至今没有叫university, 麻省理工学院的中国学生，还将其翻译为“麻省技工学校”。要是换在我国，麻省理工学院，怎么也改名为麻省科学与技术大学了。而笔者在国内一所刚升本的高校中参观，就看到该校把校名翻译为university。

In fact，A high school space、The quality and the prestige，And what is the school，And do not have how old relation，instead，Is a very common names，Due to the school have characteristics，But achievement for exciting name。For example，American California institute of technology，English called California Institute of Technology，The United States at the Massachusetts institute of technology，Its English name Massachusetts Institute of Technology，The two world class university，The cultivation of Nobel Prize winner in total more than 100，But so far there is no university, The Massachusetts institute of technology of Chinese students，Will the translation for“The vestibule school”。If change in our country，The Massachusetts institute of technology，How also renamed the science and technology university。And the author in domestic a just rise this colleges and universities in the visit，He saw the names for the translation of university。

　　在我国高等教育历史上，迄今为止可以称得上一流大学的学府是抗战期间组建的西南联合大学，这个校名按照今天的“校名观”，就是一所民办大学的校名。假如当事的办学者，反复在校名这类事情上做文章，也就没有西南联大的辉煌办学成就了。

In our country's higher education history，So far can be called first-class university institution of the Anti-Japanese War is a southwest united university，According to the names of today“Names view”，Is a private university names。If the parties to operators，Repeated in names this kind of thing fuss，There would be no southwest associated university running the brilliant achievements。

　　大学不在其名，而在其精神。如果只追逐表面的校名，大学将在争名逐利中失去自我，失去大学精神，再有好听的校名，又能如何呢？

University is not its，And in the spirit。If only chase surface names，University will against the name in one lost self，Lose university spirit，Have good names，? How can？