Research On Forming Mechanism Of University Culture

These years, although university culture has become a hotspot in the field of research on higher education, the relevant theoretical research is not satisfying as few mature theories of university culture have been proposed. The significance of this research is not only going to fill the theoretic blank, but also provide guidance for forming university culture in higher education institutions in our country. The accurate knowledge of the connotation, origin and forming mechanism of university culture will help understand form university culture.This research attempts to discuss the connotation, essence, motivation, forming process and mechanism of university culture from the new perspective of theory of practice and organization culture, and propose two models of forming mechanism of university culture.Culture is the outcome of human’s practical activity. University culture is a way of life produced and shared by the university members in the process of creating, understanding, disseminating, storing, and innovating profound knowledge. It is a gradual process of congregating scattered cultural elements and shaping a cultural map and reaching consensus. Consensus and sharing are the key stages of forming university culture. University members, profound knowledge and the environment are the motivating factors.This thesis proposes to divide the reforming mechanism of university culture into the dominated model and the spontaneous model. The development of a dominated model of university culture mainly happens with the implementation proposed and dominated by the founders and administrators of a university, while the development of the spontaneous model of university culture originates from the self-cultivation and evolution of the faculty of a university, who has gradually improved and shaped the dominant faculty culture into the university culture by way of consultation and compromise in the daily work of a university.