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Chapter 502 - 304 The Social Status of Private Universities (Seeking Subscription)_2

Chapter 502: Chapter 304 The Social Status of Private Universities (Seeking Subscription)_2

Social status involves achieving public recognition for this private university!

The only things at Mist City Arts and Science University that can gain this recognition are the Medical Kang Robots and the third-generation gallium nitride semiconductor materials.

Moreover, the third-generation gallium nitride semiconductor materials were researched and developed in collaboration with Jiangnan University of Science and Technology.

"Principal Xu, your Westlight University has a higher social status. Many people think that your Westlight University is stronger than the general public undergraduate universities. Our Mist City Arts and Science University does not have such social status."

Ding Yue said to Xu Dongcheng with a helpless smile.

This is also what Ding Yue envies about Xu Dongcheng.

Ding!

"Congratulations to the host for receiving the University Task--[University’s Social Status]."

Suddenly, a system notification sounded in Ding Yue’s mind.

There is a new task.

In the past two days, Ding Yue has received two system tasks.

This system task also appeared with Ding Yue’s thoughts, which is that when chatting with Principal Xu Dongcheng about the social status of private universities, the corresponding university task naturally appeared.

"Task--[University’s Social Status]: The host strives to improve the social status (social recognition) of Mist City Arts and Science University. Whenever a stage is reached, corresponding task rewards are available."

"[University’s Social Status] stages: Preliminary Recognition, Public Recognition, Comparable to Public, Key Private, Domestic First-class, World-renowned."

[University’s Social Status]—

Stage: Preliminary Recognition (95%)

After the system task notification in Ding Yue’s mind ended, a task panel for this task appeared before his eyes.

Currently, the [University’s Social Status] stage is at Preliminary Recognition at 95%, meaning it is about to achieve this stage.

And this [University’s Social Status] task has six stages in total, which is somewhat similar to the university level of Mist City Arts and Science University.

However, it’s clear that upgrading the university level is more difficult. This [University’s Social Status] task should be simpler.

Despite this, Ding Yue looked at these six stages. Perhaps the stage of Preliminary Recognition is easier to achieve.

The stage of Public Recognition should not be very difficult. However, the Comparable to Public stage would require Mist City Arts and Science University’s social status to match the level of a typical public undergraduate university in people’s perception.

This could be somewhat difficult.

And to become a Key Private university, it requires reaching the social status of Westlight University, which is under Principal Xu Dongcheng’s leadership, not to mention reaching the levels of Domestic First-class and World-renowned.

The difficulty can be imagined.

Ding Yue estimated that this[University’s Social Status] task wasn’t something that could be completed overnight. Who knows how many years it would take to achieve a world-renowned status?

So Ding Yue decided to take it one step at a time, aiming first for Preliminary Recognition and Public Recognition, and then see what rewards there are.

In fact, Ding Yue felt that this [University’s Social Status] task and the university level of his own Mist City Arts and Science University have some degree of overlap.

Because improving the university level of Mist City Arts and Science University would obviously help improve the university’s social status.

"Principal Xu, how can our private institutions like ours better improve their social status?"

After receiving this system task, Ding Yue asked Principal Xu Dongcheng of Westlight University for advice.

After all, Principal Xu Dongcheng’s Westlight University, whose social status is likely in the Key Private stage, must have a wealth of experience.

"Well, people generally look at the employment rate of graduates from a university. The employment rate of our Westlight University graduates has always been very good, so we have accumulated social trust over many years, leading to our current social status."

Principal Xu Dongcheng was quite straightforward and told Principal Ding the main method to improve university social status.

"Oh, I see."

Ding Yuren seemed thoughtful as he nodded his head.

It seemed that what was happening was not far off from his expectations.

When Ding Yue believed that the ["University Social Status"] task couldn’t be completed overnight, he knew that it would most likely depend on the university’s graduate employment rate, which was indeed very important.

The public recognition stage of this task, or equivalent to the public institution level, or even the private key level, would probably take at least two or three more years to complete.

Because it would still be two or three more years before the first batch of students from Mist City Arts and Science University graduate on a large scale.

Even though some students with outstanding academic achievements graduated early, the increase in social recognition that this could bring is limited.

This social recognition, granted by the general public, centered more on whether the university graduates, after four years of study at the university, could have good employment opportunities, rather than on outstanding achievements and honors created by a few excellent students.

"It’s actually an accumulation of time," added Principal Xu Dongcheng.

"I see."

Since this was the case, Ding Yue decided not to be in a rush to complete this task.

He should prioritize completing the ["Provincial Key Major Level"] task as its reward was readily available and it could be completed within a year or even half a year.

Ding Yue, with Principal Xu Dongcheng, continued to tour around the under-construction campus of Mist City Arts and Science University, while sharing each other’s experiences.

Xu Dongcheng hoped to learn from Ding Yue how to better manage a university and ensure a continuous growth in student enrolments.

And Ding Yue, just like earlier, could also learn from Principal Xu Dongcheng during their exchanges.

In fact, before Ding Yue invited Principal Xu Dongcheng to visit Mist City Arts and Science University, Ding Yue had taken care of another matter.

That was, after meeting with Liu Ping in his office in the morning, Ding Yue learned about Liu Ping’s family situation, so he asked Huang Youjie to organize a team from Mist City Arts and Science University Law School to provide Liu Ping with legal assistance.

He hoped that Liu Ping’s father could regain his freedom as soon as possible.

Liu Ping was truly grateful for the help provided by Principal Ding.

At this moment, Huang Youjie had already started investigating the situation.

Huang Youjie suspected that there must have been negligence on the part of the officials involved in the case, or that those who had misjudged the case in the past were trying to get by without taking responsibility.

However, this seemed impossible because the suspect in the case had been caught, but Liu Ping’s father, who had been wrongly sentenced, had not been released.

It was preposterous!

The legal team would have three tasks.

The first was to secure the release of Liu Ping’s father as soon as possible.

The second was to hold accountable those who were negligent in their duties.

The third was to apply for the state compensation that Liu Ping’s father deserved for all these years.

Besides the legal team of Mist City Arts and Science University, Huang Youjie made another suggestion, which was for the students of the School of Media and Communication to cover this classic case as a story. This could be a potential collaboration with television stations.

Due to previous achievements and recognitions of Mist City Arts and Science University, NTS Television Station had some connections with it.

After pondering over Huang Youjie’s suggestion, Ding Yue thought it was worth a try.

Because there were numerous benefits.

The first was to present the process of this case to the public through impartial reporting.

The second was to enhance the ability of Mist City Arts and Science University’s journalism students, which also counted as a practical experience for them.

Furthermore, if the students of the School of Media and Communication had good potential, Ding Yue could even consider establishing a media platform for Mist City Arts and Science University.

Creating a voice in the media seemed like a great idea.