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清华大学教育研究[ISSN:1001-4519/CN:11-1610/G4]

卷:

期数:

2017年05期

页码:

61-67

栏目:

国际与比较教育

出版日期:

2017-10-20

文章信息/Info

Title:

Similarities and Differences of Small Liberal Arts Colleges in America from the Overall Perspective: Based on the Data Gathered from 246 Colleges

作者:

沈文钦¹、张杨²、陈萍¹、张怡真³

1. 北京大学 教育学院 2. 夏威夷大学 马诺阿分校3.河北大学 教育学院

Author(s):

SHEN Wen-qin¹ ZHANG Yang² CHEN Ping¹ ZHANG Yi-zhen³

1. Graduate School of Education, Beijing University2. University of Hawaii at Manoa3. College of Education, Hebei University

关键词:

小型文理学院 博雅教育 组织分化 组织身份认同

Keywords:

liberal arts college;  liberal education;  organizational differentiation;  organizational identity

分类号:

G649.1

文献标志码:

A

摘要:

随着全世界范围内对通识教育问题的重新重视,人们对于美国文理学院的兴趣也在逐渐浓厚。学者们注意到,美国之所以至今仍然高度强调通识和博雅传统,很重要的一个原因是其文理学院的存在和发展。依据相关的数据和信息,构建了一个包含美国246所小型文理学院的数据库。该数据库包括建校时间、录取率、学费、教师数、在校生数等指标。基于上述数据,对美国文理学院的整体图景进行了分析和梳理。研究发现,小型文理学院的一个普遍共性是规模小、师生比高,且很少开展研究生教育,但在录取率及财力规模等方面,则存在很大差异。

Abstract:

With the re-emphasis on the issue of liberal education around the world, American liberal arts colleges gradually attract more interests. Scholars have noted that liberal arts colleges are very important for the existence and development of liberal arts education in USA. Based on the related information, this study contributes to build a database containing 246 small liberal arts colleges in the United States. The database includes time of establish, admission rate, tuition, number of teachers, the number of students and other indicators. Based on the above data, it analyzes and sorts out the whole picture of American liberal arts colleges. The study concludes that the liberal arts college is featured by small scale, high faculty-student ratio, and rarely involves within postgraduate education. However there is a significant difference in terms of admission rate and endowments

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