哈佛大学董事会组织机构与治理改革——基于资源依赖的理论视角

The Organizational and Governance Reform of Harvard Corporation Based on the Resource Dependence Theory

近年来,哈佛大学进行了董事会机构与治理改革,主要是扩大了董事会的规模,规定了董事的任期年限,设置了新的专业委员会与校友事务委员会,加强了董事会与监事会和大学共同体成员之间的联系,更加专注于高层次战略规划的制定等。改革举措旨在提升学校董事会获取和分配关键资源的能力,同时更好地履行其大学治理职责,进而完善大学内部治理图景。这反映了美国高等教育不断变化的外部环境与内部治理模式对于大学董事会治理所带来的挑战与变革。

In recent years, Harvard University conducted an organizational and governance reform of Harvard Corporation, the governing board of Harvard, expanding the size of its directors, establishing term limits of members,setting up new professional committees and alumni affair committees, strengthening ties between the Corporation, the Board of Overseers and other members of the Harvard community, focusing more on the high-level strategic planning.The Corporation reform designed to enhance its ability to obtain and dis improve university governance. This reflects the challenges and changes fluctuant external environment and changing internal governance in Ameri tribute critical resources, and meanwhile to facing board governance of university in a can higher education.