Research On The Construction Of Academic Evaluation System In Universities

Academic evaluation system, as the activities of evaluating the academic quality, plays an important role in demonstrating and guiding in academic field. This system is the basis of regulating academic activity, maintaining academic order and guaranteeing academic quality, so it has great influence on rising and falling of academic development. In recent years, phenomenon of academic im petuosity in colleges and universities arouse attention from the public and academia because of the imperfect academic evaluation system. It is urged to modify the system and optimize the working environment. Through history-study and case-study methodology, the thesis makes a through research on academic evaluation system construction.This thesis starts with the concept of academic evaluation, then to discuss the basic problems and the main content of construction of academic evaluation system. It reviews the history and cases about the development of academic evaluation system in UK and USA, analyzes the reform and situation in China, and puts forward some advices on strengthening academic evaluation system construction.The thesis argues that academic evaluation system consisting of academic standardization, peer review and academic responsibility is an inevitable content of the academic system. Sound academia evaluation system is an important guarantee for the healthy development of academic activities. Its formation and development are restricted by historical and cultural traditions, social reality and academic staff's pursuit of value. Now academic evaluation in our colleges and universities has lots of problems such as poor reliability, low credibility, serious academic impetuosity, weak process evaluation system and so on. All these result from traditional culture, limitations in the system and the pursuit of own benefits in the colleges and universities and individual immorality in academy. Imperfect academic evaluation system fundamentally contributes to all the problems. Therefore, the thesis proposes several suggestions such as to modify the legal basis of laws and regulations, reconstruct academic standards, improve function of academic evaluation system, the proposed stringent academic accountability and disciplinary mechanisms, improve the organizational system, innovate methods and techniques, and enhance the moral construction of academic staff.