On The History Of MIT As An Entrepreneurail University

In recent years, the volume and scale of the school running in China‘s higher educationhas been expanded and its quality has been improved to a great extant. However, the makingof world-class universities is still a dream of China. What are the standards of world-classuniversities? How to build world-class universities and how to foster students‘innovativespirit? These questions have been the major concerns of the experts, scholars, administratorsand decision-makers in the field of China‘s higher education. As is known, the USA boastsmany prestigious universities recognized worldwide. Its higher education leads the world inproviding high-quality service for social development. In the process, a new and unique formof university, entrepreneurial university, has been emerged, enjoying high reputation andtypically represented by MIT.MIT is acclaimed as the first entrepreneurial university, mostly because it doesn‘t copyany traditional university, but actively strikes a balance in university functions amongteaching, research and economic development, and a creative tension among the three aspectsis generated and maintained. This owns a lot to William B. Rogers, the founder of MIT, in hiscombining his own comprehension on university with his early years‘running of the school,undertaking an active attempt in the field of entrepreneurial science.After entering into20th century, the outbreak of the two world wars offers a historicalopportunity for the development of MIT. The multilevel and profound military research lays asolid foundation for the formation of MIT as an entrepreneurial university. The MIT model,characterized by the organic combination of basic research, industrial innovation andcreativity, sets a good example for American higher education. After World War II, bycontinuing to promote military research, the MIT model gets further developed with a closertie to regional economy. Based on which, the―Triple Helix‖model comes into being. Thismodel provides vital theoretical pillar for a rapid and healthy development of MIT as anentrepreneurial university.The successful experience of MIT, especially its development as entrepreneurialuniversity, is worthy of profound comprehension and exploration. Although MIT attachesgreat importance to technological education, it place equal emphasis on the education ofhumanities and social science. This educational model may serve China as a significantexample for establishing world-class universities at home. Along with the process of the formation, development and perfection of entrepreneurial university, this dissertation tracesthe150years‘history of MIT, aiming to reveal the ecosystem of the entrepreneurial universityfrom the perspective of innovative science with the method of historical literature analysis,comparative analysis, and case study. From the diachronic and synchronic dimensions, itoffers and promotes rich cultural values, new teacher-student relationship, teaching methods,innovative curriculum and pedagogy. It also sheds light on management strategies for creativeresearch and new education reform, etc. hence, provides a historical reference for thedevelopment and assessment of universities in China.