卡尔加里大学正式被中国教育部除名
niversity of Calgary(卡尔加里大学) 正式被中国教育部除名。这就意味着获得卡尔加里大学学位的中国留学生回国后无法获得教育部颁发的海外学位认证。
消息来源---温哥华太阳报。
原文如下：
The Chinese government has removed the University of Calgary from its list of accredited institutions — a move school officials are concerned is connected to the Dalai Lama's visit last fall
The university hosted the Tibetan spiritual leader and awarded him an honourary degree when he visited the city in September.
In December, officials were made aware the Chinese government had removed the university from a list posted on the Ministry of Education's website.
Now the university is trying to see what impact that will have on Chinese nationals who have already obtained a degree or are working toward one at the institution.
"Our biggest concern is we don't want to disadvantage current or prospective students or our alumni," university spokeswoman Colleen Turner said Wednesday.
The Chinese government has made no official communication to the university indicating what it has done or why.
The university learned of the move late last year after an employee in the international student centre and a handful of students raised the issue. They did not indicate to the university how they heard about the move, Turner said.
While there has been no confirmation the sanction is a result of the university's involvement in the Dalai Lama's visit, Turner said the university is concerned there is a link.
A spokeswoman with the Chinese consulate in Calgary would not respond to questions about why the government removed the university's name, saying only cryptically that the U of C "should know."
The Herald has learned officials from the Chinese consulate in Calgary met with university representatives in April when they outlined they did not want the Dalai Lama on the campus and they were against him being awarded an honorary degree.
The spiritual leader did not go to the campus, but was given an honorary doctor of laws at the start of the two-day conference on Sept. 30.
He has been awarded more than 25 honorary degrees from institutions around the world, including the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University and University of Toronto and others in the U.S., Italy, Australia and Germany.
"We knew at the time the decision to bring in the Dalai Lama would not be without controversy. All of that said, the decision to bring in the Dalai Lama was not intended to dishonour or disvalue our relationship with our Chinese partners or the Chinese community," Turner said.
The university currently has about 600 students from mainland China and Hong Kong.