Discussion On Management Of The Graduate Degree Conferral Right In America

The U.S. is a developed country in graduate education all over the world, whichcultivated the students who had contributed to the nation gigantically. However, there is nonational institute to authorize degree in management. The graduate degrees are mainlyawarded by universities whose conferral rights are applied from state legislatures.From the historical point of view, the management on degree conferral right in Americangraduate education is investigated in this dissertation, and its thought by origin is analyzed.The management on graduate degree conferral right in America is belonged to academicadministration scope. University autonomy, academic freedom and professorial governanceare the three fundamental principles in academic administration, and managing system inAmerican higher education pertains to local decentralization. So the state government islimited to interfere with academic affairs overall. After obtaining the charter in openingschool and the degree conferral right, the university is managed with the maximum by itselfon condition that the law is not violated. The universities are in possession of concretediscipline's degree conferral rights, but accrediting organization of non-government assessesthe quality of degree granted. If not passing accrediting, the subject conferral right will beabolished. In addition, university according to market demand also adjusts the subject setting.There is a unique educational system in America. Although university is governed by itselfhighly which is not managed by the government directly, there is a severe accrediting systemto guarantee the quality of education on campus in the U.S.. Adopting the third partyassessment, the graduate conferral right in America is not unalterable, but it is in the dynamicmanagement.