A Study On The Effect Of Charitable Donation To The Development Of The American University

The development of the modern university benefit from adequate funding. Andour university education funding mainly from government grants, due to the largenumber of universities, the huge size of the school, making the funding of universityeducation in a state of tension. Raising money in many aspects is the guarantee of ouruniversity to develop and participate in international competition is an important way.America higher educational donation has a long history, and one of the channels ofcharitable donation is still the source of funds of American University. This articlefrom the national charitable character into a starting point for research, religiouscharitable nature lead to American democracy of Christian doctrine to practice theirbehavior; Culture edified makes charitable donation behavior continues today; Legalnorms provide institutional guarantee for the durability of the charitable donations.Charitable donations create necessary condition to establishment of the early churchschool. In the affected by the civil war, American philanthropist, entrepreneur, hasdonated to build schools and expand the scale, and the scale and number of theuniversities have increased significantly. The rapid development of industry, the riseof the wealthy donors promote transformation of research universities in the UnitedStates. Although during the World War II donated a short cut, now the charitydonation as one of the source of University stability, shows more of its nationalcharity character.This paper is divided into five parts:The first part introduces the origin, purpose and significance of the study,research status, research methods and writing ideas. And related concepts, includingcharitable donations, higher donations, foundations etc.The second part introduces factors in the formation of the United States nationalcharitable character. The United States national charitable character developmentmainly religious factors, cultural factors, policies and institutional factors.The third part introduces historical Survey of American universities to acceptcharitable donations. First, the start-up period of American universities, basically forprivate donations, donated to build college. Second, the development of American university period, mainly for the industrialist and philanthropist donated, to promotethe development of the number and size of the American University. Again, themature period of university, mainly the foundation and alumni donations smoothlypromote the transformation of research universities in the United States. The last isthe today’ American University, analyzing the characteristics of the AmericanUniversity donations.The fourth part introduces the role of the American University in the field ofcharitable donations. Analysis of donation used in personnel training, infrastructure,vulnerable groups and academic development concern achievements.The fifth part analyze the basic status of university to accept charity andcharitable giving inspirations for our country’s university.