Chapter 438 Super High Treatment
Yang Zhenning nodded.
He is already 63 years old, and he is not a completely pure idealist who lives in idealism.
Many things are like this, and you have to compromise with the general environment.
Southwest Associated University has so much construction costs and so much school funding every year, which is enough to build Southwest Associated University and make it fully operational.
"It is my honor to be invited to serve as the president of Southwest Associated University. I agreed to this." Yang Zhenning said: "Academically, it is difficult for me to make achievements that surpass my previous achievements. I hope that for the rest of my life, I can shine in Southwest Associated University and contribute to China's higher education and scientific undertakings."
When he was in the United States, when he learned that his good friend Deng Jiaxian had won a huge national honor, Yang Zhenning was not only happy for his good friend, but also a little envious.
Because this is a great affirmation of the country, and it is also a great achievement that will go down in history. It will be recorded in the family tree and reopen a page of the family tree.
As an outstanding theoretical physicist, Yang Zhenning has made brilliant achievements and won unparalleled honors. As early as 1957, he won the Nobel Prize in Physics for jointly proposing the principle of parity non-conservation in weak interactions with Tsung-Dao Lee. After becoming a U.S. citizen in 1964, he was elected as a member of the American Academy of Sciences. At the same time, he has served as a professor at many prestigious universities in the United States. In 1977, he served as the first president of the Chinese American Association.
Academically, his academic research mainly includes particle physics, statistical mechanics and condensed matter physics. He has made significant achievements in theoretical structure and phenomenological analysis. His research in particle physics includes the strength of weak interactions, Fermi-Yang model, G parity, charge conjugation and time reversal non-conservation, two-component neutrino theory, high-energy neutrino experimental analysis, intermediate boson research, phenomenological analysis of CP non-conservation, integral form and fiber bundle of gauge field, geometric model, etc.; his research in statistical mechanics includes spontaneous magnetization intensity and critical index, research on liquid phase transition and unit circle theorem, development of Bethe hypothesis, etc.; his research in condensed matter physics includes the explanation of magnetic flux quantization, the concept of off-diagonal long-range order (ODLRO), suggestions on Aharonov-Bohm experiment, etc.
Among them, Yang-Mills field theory, the discovery of parity non-conservation in weak interactions and Yang-Baxter equation are his immortal contributions to physics and mathematics.
But like physics, mathematics is based on experience after the age of 60, and it is difficult to make academic achievements that surpass the past.
Yang Zhenning is very clear about this.
Newton cannot violate this law, Einstein cannot violate this law, and he Yang Zhenning cannot violate this law either.
Liu Tao smiled when he saw Yang Zhenning agreed. This was a very good start.
Then, Liu Tao mentioned a suggestion, which was to suggest that Yang Zhenning restore his Chinese nationality.
"If you consider the convenience of working overseas, you can also obtain a Hong Kong ID card." Liu Tao said.
If Yang Zhenning is still an American citizen, then the matter of serving as the president of "Southwest Associated University" will inevitably become a conservative controversy.
Yang Zhenning waved his hand and said, "You don't need to go to Hong Kong first, just restore your nationality directly. It's just that in this regard, I don't know what to do, and I need your help, Professor Liu."
"This is simple, leave it to me!" Liu Tao nodded.
He didn't expect that Yang Zhenning would make such a straightforward choice.
"Although the school is currently planning and designing, it will take about the Spring Festival to start construction, but we can do preliminary work first, such as recruiting a team of teachers. If "Southwest Associated University" wants to become a world-class university, it must have an excellent team of teachers. I can invite well-known professors in China, but I don't know any overseas Chinese scholars in this regard." Liu Tao said.
"You can leave this to me. I still know some overseas Chinese scholars. I know that many of them have the idea of returning to China to serve the motherland, but they had some concerns before, so they did not return to China." Yang Zhenning said.
Then the two discussed the "Southwest Associated University", including the organizational structure, rules and regulations, etc.
And there is a core in it, that is, treatment!
Now even after the salary adjustment in the mainland, the highest salary of university professors is 355 yuan per month.
Now there are three salary standards for university professors, namely 355 yuan, 300 yuan, and 255 yuan!
And the two standards of 355 yuan and 300 yuan are not available to every professor, but are conditional, that is, those who have major inventions and outstanding contributions can use these two salary standards after approval by the State Council or the department designated by the State Council.
In the United States, the annual salary of professors is generally more than 30,000 or 40,000 US dollars, which means that the current salary of professors in the United States is 3,000 to 4,000 US dollars per month.
According to this salary level, it is definitely not possible, and the entire Chinese higher education community must be overturned.
"The lecturer's monthly salary plus allowance is 900 yuan, and he will be arranged to live in a three-bedroom, one-living-room house; the associate professor's monthly salary plus allowance is 1,500 yuan, and he will be arranged to live in a five-bedroom, one-living-room house; the professor's salary is divided into three levels, 2,000 yuan/month, 3,000 yuan/month, and 4,000 yuan/month, and he will be arranged to live in a villa." Liu Tao pondered for a moment. This salary is definitely a high income in China, and one can live a very good life in China.
Although it is still far from the salary level of American professors, it is almost close to the salary level of professors in Hong Kong.
Yang Zhenning was a little surprised. He knew something about the working level of mainland professors.
He did not expect Liu Tao to give such a high salary.
In addition to the high salary, there are also arrangements for housing.
Yang Zhenning said: "In this way, I think I can convince many professors and scholars to work at Southwest Associated University!"
Then the two talked about the standards for lecturers, associate professors, and professors.
For example, overseas, to learn the existing system in the United States, you must first have a doctorate in the major, and then you are qualified to teach and serve as a lecturer. Lecturer is a probationary position given to teachers by the university, and the time is roughly 3 to 7 years. When the probation period expires, the lecturer either applies for "associate professor" or finds another job, which is what we usually call "either promotion or leave".
This is very strict and cruel in the United States. It is definitely not an easy thing for a lecturer to be promoted to an associate professor, especially an associate professor at a prestigious university. In addition to completing his teaching tasks, the lecturer must have more than one academic monograph, published a large number of academic articles, or be able to obtain a large amount of external research project funding.
As for the title of professor, in American universities, it is usually a tenured professor. Once granted by the school, it cannot be revoked, that is, if you do not resign, you can usually work in this university until retirement.
Therefore, it requires applicants to make better achievements than associate professors in academics, teaching and services, and occupy an important place in the academic community.
In the United States, the median age of obtaining a professorial title is about 55 years old, and few people can become professors before the age of 40.
It can also be seen from this that Qian Xuesen was an assistant professor at the California Institute of Technology at the age of 32, an associate professor at the California Institute of Technology at the age of 34, and a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at the age of 36, and Yang Zhenning was hired as a lecturer in the Department of Physics at the University of Chicago at the age of 26 and a professor at Princeton University at the age of 32.
In this day and age, it is extremely difficult for overseas Chinese to become associate professors or professors in the United States, let alone decades ago!