Study On The President Selection System Of Overseas Chinese Universities

A president of college and university is always appointed by the government in China.This system is a reflection of the administrative tendency in higher education area and the system is exacerbating the tendency.Thereby the system is restricting the development of higher education of our country.Although the board of directors of overseas Chinese universities have the right to advise on the president selection there is no fundamental difference between overseas Chinese universities and others in actual operation.Reform of the selection system has relation with wide range and has far-reaching influence.The reform would be confronted with multi-level power and resistance and the gradual reformational method of "first experiment,then spread" should be adopted.So it is very important to select a appropriate unit for the experiment because it is the key of the reform success.A combination research method of literature,history and case study is adopted in this article.The historical development of law of selection system is explored from several aspects of the main body,criteria,procedures and scope of the selection in modern times.In this article the use for reference is explored for overseas Chinese universities to reform the selection system through comparing and researching the experiences and lessons of the United States,Taiwan and Hong Kong.The reformational power and resistance are explored in this article from three levels of external environment of colleges and universities,the organization itself,the interest main bodies within the institution clearing ideas of the reform of president selection system in overseas Chinese universities.The specificities of overseas Chinese universities are studied in this article from the students home,cultural backgrounds, educational guideline,training objectives and management system and so the feasibility of the reform of president selection system put into practice firstly in overseas Chinese universities is demonstrated in this article.Based on this,several suggestions on the reform in overseas Chinese universities are put forward in the end of this article.