On The Speciality Evaluation In Chinese Higher Education Institutions Under The Project Of Quality Ensurance

Speciality evaluation is a necessary means to protect the quality of higher educaton. The speciality is the basic composition unit that the university launches personnel training, scientific research and community service, its structure, standard for running a school and scale merit, etc. are influencing all respects of the university directly. So, setting up systematic university's speciality evaluation theory, methods, index system for assuring university's quality play very important function and it is the foundation that the university implements reform policy and management. But, as we know, the construction of our higher education speciality evaluation is still under the exploration. Comparatively, higher education speciality evaluation system of foreign developed countries has a long history, accumulating abundant expriences, forms complete evaluation schemes, explicit evaluation procedures period and punishment ways, etc. It develops rather perfect.First, this article makes a comparative analysis of the speciality evaluation of colleges and universities in the United States and Britain, compare their characteristics in certification system, standards and content, certification procedures and the relationship between the evaluation agencies and universities, such as the characteristics based on the theoretical analysis of the speciality evaluation of the University. Then, discuss the enlightenment that the speciality evaluation of United States and Bntain given to us. Next, this article analyse the speciality evaluation of our country. Compared to the United States, our speciality evaluation has many problems, such as evaluation carried out by a single agency; non-professional evaluators; the index system is not scientific, and etc. Finally, this article proposed suggestions on improves the speciality evaluation of our country. The suggestions include: Overcome the value orientation which neglect the speciality evaluation; build organizational system; enhance the resource ensurance.