The Process, Characteristics And Inspiration To The Management Of Chinese Private Colleges & Universities Of Governing Boards System Of American Private Universities

The board of trustees system of America is an important governing system in American private colleges and universities, and it has played a very significant role on American private higher education. During the process of developing and changing for over three hundred years, the system has formed its characteristics.Although the private colleges and universities of our country developed, but there are a lot of problems.The American board of trustees system gives much experience to the private colleges of our country. The thesis mainly includes:The first part introduces the origin of the American board of trustees system.The system can be traced from the operating mode of the European Middle Ages Colleges, and it also was influenced by the corporation system of the British college and universities.The second part mainly contains the forming process of the system. It contains the background information, the types of the boards of colonial colleges, the trustees, their right and responsibilities and its basis of law.The third part summarizes the development of the system. It also contains the background information, the composing of the trustees, their right and responsibilities and so on.The forth part summarizes the adjustment of the system. It includes the causes of the adjustment, the profession of the trustees, their right and responsibilities, the organization and operating system.The fifth part contains the characteristics and the inspiration. On the basis of the developing history of American board of trustees system in private universities, I sum up the characteristics of the system. Combined with the present situation of our private colleges and universities, the American experience has given the inspiration to our private colleges and universities.