The School Pattern Study Of For-profit Universities In The United States

After the higher education enters the popular stage, China also has certain scale, different levels, rich types and bright characteristics non-governmental institution. They have become an important component of the higher education system, and play influential roles. However, their development is by no means broad and smooth. Studying about the American for-profit universities' school pattern will help to deepen the understanding of our country non-governmental institution. Findings out the reasons why American for-profit universities can make remarkable progress, and discovering its superior aspects, are also helpful to provide reference and model to Chinese higher education reform. Based on international comparison perspective, and in view of the fact the above thinking about, this article regards the American for-profit universities' school pattern as the object of study, tries hard to make a systematical and more defined and comprehensive understanding to the American for-profit universities.The preface investigates the importance of the educational pattern of for-profit universities in the United States, defines some key words, summarizes the research situation at home and aboard and at last further provides the dissertation's research methods. This thesis is divided into four parts. The first part recalls and combs the development course of American for-profit universities; it is presented by summarizing from three different phrases: origination, preliminary development and fast development. The second part analyzes the present situation of American for-profit universities. According to many essential factors which the school pattern contains, the paper mainly begin with the school idea, the personnel training system (includes enrollment recruitment of students, curriculum, teaching way and teachers troop) and management and operation way and so on, and then takes the Phoenix university as the illustrative case to carry on the thorough comprehensive analysis about the American for-profit Universities' school pattern. The third part summarizes the characteristics of American for-profit universities' school pattern through the above analysis about present situation of school pattern. After overall analyze the successful experience of the school pattern of American for-profit universities, the fourth part proposed some suggestions to the development of our country non-governmental institution school.The higher education system in the United States is world-famous, and the for-profit university has gradually become the most brilliant pearl in this comprehensive system. For-profit universities in the U. S. develop rapidly in recent years. They have attracted the attention of many scholars for its unique school pattern. It is true that there are difference between the for-profit university and the traditional university, the for-profit ones are provided with features such as market demand-oriented, taking students as the center, having practical curriculums, existing flexible teaching arrangements for special groups of students and so on. Especially in the recent 10 years, for-profit universities try best to achieve the economies of scale, so the business efficiency enhances unceasingly. It has formed a huge impact and challenge in the higher education market to the traditional university. In particular, some listed for-profit universities' successful operation is even more compelling. This article aims to demonstrate an exhaustive view of the unique educational style of the for-profit university in American, emphatically take the Phoenix University as the example. It carries out the deeply explore in the aspect of the development history, school philosophy, personnel training system, and management ways and so on. Then thinks about some beneficial enlightenment, believes which can provide some suggestions to the perfect development of our country non-governmental institution school.