校长教务长联手打造大学卓越品质

Promoting prominence of a university led by president-provost team

高等教育正面临着“入学机会、经济承受能力和问责制”三大挑战,这促使大学必须追求新的卓越。大学必须转变校园文化,创造学习型共同体,改革课程和教与学的方法,根据学生的需要而不是教师的喜好来设计课程和制定课程标准,为学生提供广博的文理知识、为职业准备的核心知识,培养学生学以致用的能力。为此,大学应当确立以使命为导向的战略规划,以学生为中心,促进教师发展,为实现优秀的教学提供技术和学术支持。

Nowadays, three challenges are emerging in higher education field in United States. They are enrollment opportunities, financial capacity and responsibility. It urges the universities and colleges to promote prominence. Universities must transform the campus culture, create a learning community and change the curriculum and the method of teaching and learning. We must design the curriculum according to students＇ needs which include the broad and deep liberal arts foundation, core knowledge for career profession, and application in real world. So the leaders of a university must define a mission-guiding strategic planning, focus on the students, promote the teachers＇ development and provide the technical and academic support for the excellent teaching.