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For young chinese academics, the path to tenure is a high stakes race against the clock, with a fiercely competitive tenure system demanding what's called up or out.
Coupled with recent cuts to permanent teaching positions, the stability of academic careers is under unprecedented threat.
How are these pressures reshaping the lives and futures of emerging scholars in China?
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For today's program, I'm joined by Steve Hatherly and Yuxian.
First on today's show, the academic life of a young chinese scholar is fraught with challenges that face the intense pressures of a competitive tenure system.
Juggling the demands of research, teaching, and administrative responsibilities.
In recent years, young academics have been subjected to the rigorous up or out policy, which gives them six years to meet specific quota for promotion or face dismissal.
This relentless system, often described as well ruthless, places immense pressure on scholars to advance rapidly or risk losing their positions.
Adding to these pressures, recent reforms in China have exacerbated the situation.
The government reduced a number of officially budgeted teaching positions, or bienzhi, effectively dismantling the once stable iron rice bowl of university teaching staff.
And this reduction in teaching position quotas means fewer permanent roles and greater job insecurity for university educators.
So let's go to you first, Yuxian.