A Study Of University Idea And Management Of William Rainey Harper Of Chicago University

With the development of advanced education, the concept of a university has gradually become the focus which educators at home and abroad pay attention to. The concept mainly includes what a university is, what the duty is and what the function is. The concept is the spirit of the university and the basis of managing a university. The top-ranking concept of a university is the basic precondition of establishing a top-ranking university. The headmaster as the supreme officer plays a necessary role in managing a university. In the essay I take "Chicago University"------the first American university as an example. And in the essay I state the concept of a university and the practice of managing a university that the headmaster of Chicago University, Harper, put forward. In addition, I explore the development of Chicago University and analyze the specific cultural quality of the American university. The concept put forward by Harper will give us some good advice about how to innovate our university, in particular, about the establishment of the first-class university. Moreover, it plays a leading part in the structure of managing a university.This article can be divided into the following four parts:.The first part-----introductionIn this section I raise the problem and introduce the meaning, the way of doing the research and give the definition of "concept" and "the concept of a university".In the second part, firstly I introduce the social background, the growing experience and the academic practice of the headmaster in Chicago University, Harper. Secondly. I sum up the concrete idea of a university, including the combination of teaching and study, the independence and autonomy of a university and the service for the area.In the third part, I do an in-depth research on the management of a university, state some situation about the employment of teachers, enrolling new students and the life in spare time. Besides, I provide the background, development and meaning of the establishment of spiritual civilization and material civilization as well as the creation of primary college.In the last part, through concluding the Harper's experience of managing university and combining the situation of the university in China, I obtain the benefits from the process of establishing the first-class university.