A Study On Obama Administration’s Higher Education Reform

Higher education reform is an important resource of pushing education development and social economic progress forward. It also plays a key role in bringing up talented person and promoting Innovation. In January 2009, Obama has been elected the 44th President of the United States, who has remain the significance of higher education, he take a serious of Measures to realize fairness, quality and lifelong education, to speed up the development of higher education and changed society. Up to now, a lot of changes have been achieved in higher education. This study is based on the background of higher education reform. After that, the article defines the goal of reform, probing the principle, ways, the safeguard Mechanism, and the effect. With a analysis of the values, experience and inadequate, article gives some suggestions of improving high education which rely on the situation of china.The study consists of six parts:First part:The background of Obama Administration’s higher education reform. This part analyzes the background of Obama Administration’s higher education reform international and domestic background in details. The reform begins under the flexible situation. With the effect of international development, to keep the leadership of American, train more people with innovativeness is a significant mission in future. Another reason leaded to the reform is that the problem of American higher education. The terrible economic situation is the direct reason of higher education reform. By the way, the interests of the democratic parties which president represented are also key factors contributed to higher education reform.Second part:The goals of Obama Administration’s higher education reform. This part describes the goals of higher education reform. The Vision of higher education reform is to achieve the goals of fairness, quality and lifelong education, which demonstrates the Deep pursuit of higher education reform. Under the guidance of macroeconomic goals, the strategic objectives is established as enhance the fairness and quality of higher education, improve completion rates of higher education, and strength the vocational training, which all the goals are the penetration of macroeconomic goals. In addition, in order to achieve the optimal allocation of resources, some goals have been identified as priority areas.Third part:The implementation of the Obama Administration’s higher education reform. This part is focused on how the initiatives have been putted into practice. Higher education reform is following the rules of accountability, fairness, scientific management. Under the guidance of the three principles, the government of Obama develops the expansion of higher education enrollment, and improves the quality of education and enhances lifelong development functions of higher education, which this study have a detail analysis. At the same time, this study has also concentrated on guarantee mechanism of higher education reform, with the support of comprehensive policies and regulations, efficient management of the sector, the financial investment, and the systematic quality assurance, higher education reform has a robust security system.Fourth part:The effect of Obama Administration’s higher education reform. This part aims to analysis the positive significance of the Obama Administration’s higher education reform. Obama administration’s higher education had a positive role in promoting the healthy development of higher education, which had received some positive results. Such as, the federal higher education management gradually strengthened, the higher education become more fair, student aid system and quality of education also changed.Fifth part:The evaluation of Obama Administration’s higher education reform. This part includes the values of higher education reform, the experiences of higher education reform, and the part to improve. Obama Administration’s higher education reform consist on the rules of upholding the supremacy of national interests, reforming for the economic services, and achieving excellence, which show us unity of inheritance and innovation. The higher education reform also has accumulated positive experience, like scientific goals established, priority level selected, and performance evaluation. By the way, the higher education reform has to face the limited federal administrative rights and funds, and the Interest groups is also the important impact of higher education reform.Sixth part:The enlightenments of Obama Administration’s higher education reform. This part is mainly focused on finding the enlightenments of setting goals, polices making, and the guarantee mechanisms. Based on the needs of China higher education development, the study proposes the following recommendations:expanding the coverage of scholarships, completing the management system of scholarship; constructing the lifelong education system, accelerating the pace of personal training; strengthening the management system of higher education, emphasizing the accountability performance of university, updating the way of education management, improving the effectiveness of educational development.