Study On Power Relationship Between Board Of Directors And Faculty Senate In American Private University

It is well known that there are many excellent private universities in the United States, of which educational and academic qualifications are in the topping level around the world. The outstanding private higher education of the United States is supposed to thank to the free and proper environment out of universities, as well as the complete and steady power system of internal university structure. The interior power system of private universities in the United States contains: board of directors, president, and faculty senate. The board of directors is the power organ in the highest position; the president is responsible for administrative management; and the faculty senate is in charge of academic management issues. On one hand, there is efficient administrative management, on the other hand, the academic power plays the important part in university management. Thus, such shared-governance power system is good for the coordination of administrative power and academic power, so that university, a synthesis with administrative and academic features, is placed in a relatively steady and healthy way of development. The writer will analyze the power relationship between board of directors and faculty senate in private university of US, to find out the successful experiences of university management. It deems to be helpful in optimization of power system in Min Ban universities and colleges of our country, or even contribute to system innovation in whole higher education system. This essay contains the following main contents: First part is to summarize the power of board of directors and faculty senate, so as to know the system and contents of either one. Second part is to present the current situation of power relationship, as well as its attributes, after making the development history of board of directors'power and faculty senate's power clear. Third part is to analyze the power relationship between board of directors and faculty senate, that is, it studies the exterior and interior factors effecting the formation of power relationship firstly, and then discusses the check and balance in the process of power conflict, by the theory of"power-dependency"and"power-balance", finally, it comments the advantages and disadvantages of such relationship. The fourth part is to take Stanford University as an example, which is a way to analyze the check and balance system of board of directors'power and faculty senate's power. In the end, according to the analyzing before, it will find out the problems in power system of our country's Min Ban universities and colleges, to learn the useful experiences of American private university, and some principles in the process of using those experiences for reference.