A Study Of The Discipline Construction In Johns Hopkins University(1870s-1900s)

In the middle and late 19th century,with the development of politics,economy and culture,American society put forward new demands for higher education.Some people of insight set up new models of university for the development of higher education,therefore research universities emerged as required.As the first research university in the United States,the establishment and development of Johns Hopkins University has a far-reaching impact on Higher Education in the United States and the world.By studying the path of its discipline development,this paper investigates the discipline construction of Johns Hopkins University and its impact on American research universities,and wish to provide reference for the reform of Chinese higher education and the construction of "Double First-rate".The full text is divided into seven chapters.Chapter 1 is the introduction,which mainly introduces the reasons for choosing the topic,the significance of the research and the research ideas and methods.Chapter 2 introduces the background of the discipline construction of Johns Hopkins University,including the background of the development of American higher education,the establishment of Johns Hopkins University and the background of university discipline construction.Chapters 3 to 5 examine the discipline construction of Johns Hopkins University.Chapter 3 investigates the establishment of Department of Mathematics,Department of Natural Science and Department of Linguistics in Johns Hopkins University;Chapter 4 investigates the construction and development of Department of Philosophy in Johns Hopkins University,and puts forward some opinions on talent selection;Chapter 5 briefly introduces the establishment of Johns Hopkins Hospital and the foundation of the School of Medicine,and the main characters are discussed in this part.Chapter 6 summarizes the significance of Johns Hopkins University discipline construction and its impact on American research universities.Chapter 7 concludes with a summary of the full text and puts forward the Enlightenment of Hopkins University's discipline construction on China's first-rate universities and first-rate discipline construction.