Executive Vice President of the University of Minnesota, Rachel T.A. Croson's Visit to WFL Education

On the afternoon of December 17, 2023, Ms Rachel T.A. Croson, Executive Vice President and Dean of Academic Affairs, Mr. Cui Haitao, the Lifetime Professor of Marketing, and Ms. Liu Fangyuan, Director of the China Representative Office of the University of Minnesota, visited Shanghai World Foreign Language Education Group, and had a friendly meeting with Mr. Wang Junjin, Chairman of Juneyao Group and Chairman of Shanghai WFL Education Group, and Mr. Xu Jian, Vice President of Juneyao Group and President of Shanghai WFL Education Group.

Firstly, as a doctoral student at the Univresity of Minnesota, Mr. Wang Junjin expressed his sincerest welcome to the guests. He introduced the 5 major business sectors covered by Juneyao Group and emphasized that the Group has always adhered to the concept of creating value for society, actively participated in the education reform, and took the mission of building a Century-Honored Schools, to continue operating the schools steadily and innovating for future development.

After that, Mr. Xu Jian gave a detailed introduction to the development process, educational philosophy, talent cultivation, core achievements, and other aspects of WFL Education. He stated that with its refined management, abundant curriculum resources, and high-quality teaching staff, WFL Education has developed into an education group with a good social reputation and outstanding educational benefits.

During the meeting, guests exchanged and discussed topics such as grouped schooling, international education, international teaching training, inter school visits, and directions for further education. Guests were deeply interested in the active exploration of Internet + and the creation of a smart education model by WFL Education. The full use of digital resources has greatly promoted educational reform and improved teaching efficiency.

At present, WFL Education is fully integrating digital transformation with educational concepts, establishing a curriculum research and development center, using digital tools to create a question bank, oral practice system, electronic assessment system, original graded reading materials, and further improving, optimizing, and upgrading digital curriculum materials, exploring replicable, sustainable, and applicable digital new models in a wider range of teaching fields.

The guests were deeply shocked by the fact that WFL Education had successfully managed more than 60 public schools, including those in Shanghai, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Fujian, Hainan, and other domestic and foreign cities. They praised the Group's response to national development strategies, exploration of new entrusted management models, promotion of deep integration of education, innovation of group based education models, and creation of a new management and operation mechanism for education highlands.

Ms. Rachel highly praised the important role and contribution of WFL Education in education. She believed that WFL Education had paid great attention to teamwork and innovative development, which was why it had achieved a series of fruitful results, and had developed with high-quality and rapidly.

Mr. Wang stated that the international education market has enormous potential, and the demand for high-quality education in the market is showing a growing trend. WFL Education and the University of Minnesota share the same educational philosophy, and we hope that both of us can have tighter cooperation and more communication in the future.