埃利奥特与哈佛大学的改革

Charles William Eliot and the Reform of Harvard University

19世纪中后期美国高等教育结构发生转型,查尔斯·埃利奥特及其引领的哈佛大学改革对这一时期的美国高等教育产生了深远影响,被永载史册。哈佛大学改革历时长达40年,改革内容包括日常管理、机构人事、课程、研究生教育和专业学院等方面。经过漫长艰难改革,哈佛大学成功由一所传统殖民地学院转变成为一所真正意义上的现代大学,推进和加速了其他传统学院改革的历程。

The mid-late 19th century was the structure transformation period of American higher edu- cation. Charles Eliot and the reform he promoted in Harvard university have made significant impact on American higher education. The reform lasted 40 years, involving the reform of daily management, organization and personnel, curriculum, graduate education and professional schools. Harvard turned to be a real modern university from a traditional colonial college after several decades of arduous re- form and advanced the reform process of other traditional colleges.