The Development Research Of American Private Four-Year Liberal Arts Colleges

The charm of American higher education lies mainly in the private higher education, but it not only lies in the private research universities but also in the private four-year liberal arts colleges. There are so many institute types in American higher education system. And it is the truth that the private four-year liberal arts colleges provide the best undergraduate education and cultivate a large number of generalists for the society outside and the research unversities. This article focuses its research on American private four-year liberal arts college. And the dissertation is divided into five branches.In the first chapter, the article explains the reasons why the author selects American private four-year liberal arts college as her research field, and introduces the research methods as well as the main concepts.In the second chaper, the author elaborates the situation about the private four-year liberal arts college from three aspects:the background of the establishment, the process of development, and the main characteristics, in order that let the readers could generally understand American private four-year liberal arts colleges.The third chapter focuses on the external environment of American private four-year liberal arts colleges, which creates the necessary conditions for the sustainable development of the private liberal arts colleges, and which includes three vital respects such as democratic political environment, open society and superior economic environment.The fourth chapter pays great attention to the internal environment of American private four-year liberal arts colleges, which consists of hard environmentand soft enviroment. The author attaches much importance to the running condition and the faculty contingent of the private liberal arts colleges during ana-lyzing the external environment; and lays emphasis on college's governance mechanisms and college culture in stating the internal environment of the priv-ate liberal arts colleges.In the fifth chapter it presents the development trend of American private four-year liberal arts college in the future. And the author reckons and believesthat this kind of private colleges will continue to insist on the liberal arts education, curriculum integration, meticulous and personalized administration, in thelight of the social reality and based on making corresponding adjustments.The article mainly aims at making a comprehensive research and anslysis of American private four-year liberal arts colleges. While in the true life, each private liberal arts colleges has their own strenghths and characteristics, so some further researches on the micro-adminiatration of the top private liberal arts colleges is neccessary. And trying to assimilate the essence besides reject the dross, which will definitely bring practical value.