征稿通知
第一届“中荷公法论坛”
高等教育的可及性、责任与自治：中国、欧洲和比较法的视角
2018年4月14日 （周六）
北京，中国
在当下知识推动型的社会中，高等教育的重要性不言自明——大学精神成为一个时代重要的剪影。近年来，大学承载了不同的社会功能并被寄予不同的期待，也引发了多种面向的思考和讨论。从法律角度而言，高等教育法面临的主要挑战可归纳为三类：可及性、责任与自治。
首先，高等教育的可及性丰富地拓展了我们对“受教育权”内涵与外延的理解。当下我们对接受教育机会、教育资源分配的平等与公正性有了更多的期待。 此外，高等教育的可负担性也日益成为社会关注的问题 。在中国，这些问题伴随着户籍制度、高考和财政改革等引发了长久的争论。在荷兰和欧洲其他国家，多起事件表明个别具有性格缺陷的学生可能威胁其他师生的人身安全，进而影响高校的教学秩序和整体安全。这些学生能否被禁止入学也引发了当下对高等教育可及性的讨论。
其次， 高等教育在现代社会中的突出地位决定了对其进行质量控制的重要性，由此引发的是对责任问题的关注。谁对高等教育的质量控制负责？对谁负责？通过何种方式负责？是通过同行评议的方式来对高等教育的质量进行控制，其中政府仅设定一些最低的质量标准，还是高等教育的重要性本身允许政府在教育质量的保障和评估上进行更深的介入？在当下中国“双一流”建设、教学评估的热潮中，政府在高等教育质量控制和资源分配中扮演何种角色？行政法又起到或应当起到什么作用？这些都是值得我们思考的问题。
再次，与责任要求密切关联的另一个问题是大学和学者的学术自治问题。学术自由的内涵是什么？大学可以主张自己有免于政府干预的学术自由吗？学者可以主张自己有免于高校行政干预的学术自由吗？对于“学术自由”的规制有何种表现方式和替代机制？自治问题同样也关乎高校和学生的关系。在学生管理中，高校可主张的学术自由的界限在哪里？在何种情境下，司法介入和审查可被正当化？
上述问题并非个别国家所特有，而是许多国家共同面对的问题，这也凸显了比较法的意义和价值。鉴于此，我们很高兴地宣布“中荷公法论坛”开幕，并将“高等教育的可及性、责任与自治：中国、欧洲和比较法的视角”作为第一期论坛的主题。我们邀请学者就下述三个话题展开讨论，并向我们投稿：
· 高等教育的可及性
· 高等教育的责任
· 高等教育的自治
无论您的大作是历史研究、经验研究亦或理论建构，是国别研究还是比较视角，是法学研究还是交叉学科研究，我们都真诚期待您的投稿。
此外，为了给青年学者构建一个学术交流和对话的平台，此次会议特设博士生和硕士生单元，旨在激励青年学子投身学术研究和写作，我们会邀请知名学者担任此单元的评议嘉宾。
已确定参会的外国嘉宾包括：
· Charles Russo,美国戴敦大学，教育法教授
· Pieter Huisman，荷兰伊拉斯姆斯鹿特丹大学，教育法教授
· Stefan Phillipsen, 荷兰伊拉斯姆斯鹿特丹大学，教育法博士，讲师
投稿程序
请作者在2017年12月30日前将文章摘要（最多500字）发送到指定邮箱（xzfyjscupl@126.com），我们会在2018年1月5日之前通知您摘要是否入选会议发言。请入选的发言人务必在2018年3月31号之前将完整稿件（和/或ppt）（最多10,000字）发送给我们。每位发言人的发言时长为15分钟。我们诚挚地希望您在发送文章摘要时，将您的简历和联系方式一并发送给我们。
我们接受中文和英文投稿，并将竭力促成会议论文集（中英文）的后续出版和发表。
日期和地点
日期：2018年4月14日（周六）
时间：9:00-17:00
地点：中国政法大学海淀校区（具体地点待定）
主办方：中国政法大学法学院 行政法研究所
协办方：荷兰伊拉斯姆斯鹿特丹大学法学院
Call for Papers
“Sino-Dutch Public Law Forum”
Accessibility, Accountability and Autonomy of Higher Education:
China, Europe and Beyond
14 April 2018
Beijing, China
The importance of universities in contemporary knowledge-driven societies can hardly be overstated. In recent years universities have been confronted with different expectations of the societies they serve. These expectations can be grouped under three headings: autonomy, accountability and accessibility.
Firstly, with regard to accessibility, there are growing demands for equal access to and affordability of higher education. In China, these issues have long been debated under the background of household registration reform, financial reform and other reforms. Recently, there has been a stronger focus on safety within institutions for higher education. In different European countries, there have been incidents arising from aggressive students who harm or threaten to harm the safety of other students and staff members. Questions arise as to whether these students could be barred from entering universities. This constitutes part of the contemporary discussions on the accessibility of higher education.
Secondly, both the importance of higher education for modern societies and the lives of individual students call for more accountability. On the one hand, this leads to questions regarding the legal rights of students to participate in the decision-making process. On the other hand, this also raises questions about the responsibilities with regard to quality control of higher education. Should such control be organized as a system of peer review in which the government only sets some minimum quality standards, or does the importance of higher education justify more profound government involvement?
Bearing the above-mentioned issue in mind, we arrive at the third topic - autonomy. What kind of freedom do universities have to regulate their internal affairs? Do universities have a claim to academic freedom and do scholars have a claim to academic freedom from universities? If yes, what is the scope of such claims? Questions of autonomy also arises within relations between universities and students. To what extent can universities claim its autonomy on student administration? Can judicial intervention in this context be justified? Are there alternative mechanisms of regulating “academic freedom”?
These issues are cross-jurisdictional instead of country-specific, which makes a comparative perspective meaningful. Having this in mind, we are pleased to announce the opening of the “Sino-Dutch Public Law Forum” with the theme of this year’s conference “Accessibility, Accountability and Autonomy of Higher Education: China, Europe and Beyond”. We invite senior and junior scholars to submit abstracts on the following three topics:
· Accountability of higher education
· Accessibility of higher education
· Autonomy of higher education
We are looking for legal-historical analysis, empirical-legal studies and theoretical constructions. Both country-specific and cross-jurisdictional discussions are welcomed.
In order to encourage young scholars’ academic involvement, we will have a special panel for Ph.D. candidates and master students. Senior scholars will be invited to sit on this panel and give constructive feedback.
Our confirmed speakers include:
· Charles Russo, Professor, University of Dayton, US
· Pieter Huisman, Professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands
· Jingbo WANG, Professor, China University of Political Science and Law, China
· Xin LI, Professor, Capital Normal University, China
· Suping SHEN, Professor, Renmin University, China
· Stefan Phillipsen, Assistant Professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Submission Procedure
Authors are invited to submit short abstracts of a maximum 500 words to xzfyjscupl@126.com by 30 December 2017. Authors of selected abstracts will be informed by 5 January 2018. The deadline for submitting a whole paper (and/or PPT) is 31 March 2018 (maximum 10,000 words). Speakers are asked to prepare a maximum 10 minutes presentation based on their papers. We kindly ask all submitters to include a short CV and contact information with your submission. We accept both English and Chinese submissions and endeavor to make opportunities for following-up publications.
Date and Venue
Date: 14 April 2018 (Saturday)
Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Venue: Haidian Campus, China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, China
Organizer:
Department of Administrative Law, Law School, CUPL (China)
Co-organizer:
Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam (the Netherlands)
