The Inspiration To Chinese University Presidents From Hutchins' Professional Career As A President

During the 20th century ,the Chinese universities of modern sense copyed Germany Japan formerly, The middle period was influenced by the U.S. It followed former Soviet Union's lead afterwards .It grew to maturity with difficulties and reverses, and goes forward arduously and tortuously In 1980's , Particularly since the end of 1990's ,the higher education in China have made considerable progress , at the same time we encountered the same problem that seemed to have arisen before in the development history of the world's higher education .For instance , the problem of higher education in a popular style together with the higher education's quality , the problem of education of a universal genius together with only educating , the problem of humanity education together with scientific knowledge education and the problem of modern university's ideal mission function, etc They are all the significant problems must be considered by the university president who wants to attempt something and accomplish something ,for the university president is the spirit of the university and the key person in the success of the university Only president of quality is able to set up the educational institution of high quality The development of education has the regular pattern of itself to follow. The Chinese higher education's disadvantages of the day can mostly obtain the healing inspiration through the development history of education of the educational developed countries The practice of Chinese higher education needs to use the experience of the other countries' higher education in the process of running schools for reference and draw lessons from them to achieve the leaping over development style urgently. Robert Maynard Hutchins is a famous educational reformer and the main representative of educational philosophy of eternalism in the 20th century He took up his post as a president of the University of Chicago in his thirties and began his president's career of 22 years with distinguished results...