Research On The School-running Philosophy And Practice Of Female University Presidents In The United States

China has an excellent tradition of attaching importance to the development of higher education and has been committed to building world-class university since the end of 20 th century.The “Outline of the National Medium and Long-term Education Reform and Development(2010-2020)” clearly states that China will accelerate the pace of creating world-class and high-level universities in the next decade.“Over Plan to Promote the Construction of World-Class Universities and First-Class Disciplines” in October 2015,“Implementation Measures for the Promotion of the Construction of World-Class Universities and First-Class Disciplines(provisional)” in January 2017 and ”Notice on the Construction of World-Class Universities and First-Class Disciplines and the List of Construction Disciplines” in October 2017 have been issued step by step to promote China’s “double first-class” construction.However,the development of China’s higher education still faces many problems,and exists great gap with the world-class universities.Therefore,we must face up and find out the reasons for the the insufficient development of higher education in China.On the bias of accelerating the reform and the development of our country’s higher education,China needs to learn the successful experience from world-class universities in order to make our universities rank in the world-class universities as soon as possible.As one of the world power country of higher education--United States,their university president’s educational philosophy and practices have certain reference value for China to build a world-class university.In the history of American higher education,there have been numerous world-famous university presidents.For example,Derek Bok of Havard,Richard Raven of Yale,Robert Hutchins of Chicago.However,there are few female university presidents.In fact,female university presidents have become an important part of the group of university presidents and becoming increasingly important along with the progress of the Times.Donna Shalala is one of the female university presidents in the United State.First of all,a detailed introduction of Shalala’s multiple identities,highlighting how did she grew from a female immigrant descendant to a university teacher,president and the Secretary of U.S Health and Human Service Department,the chairman of Clinton Foundation,and then be elected to a member of the U.S House of Representative in the era of women are undervalued and racism is prevalent.Secondly,starting from the function of university,combining with the specific example of the three president experience to sum up Shalala’s university educational philosophy in cultivation of talent,scientific development,society serving.Then pay an emphasis on her perspective on managing large public organizations as an educator with nearly 50 years of managementexperience,and why education equity is valued in her career.And illuminating why Shalala attach great importance on education fairness in her hole life.Thirdly,do a detailed introduction on the practice of Shalala about her works in Hunter College in City University of New York,in the University of Wisconsin-Madison,and in the University of Miami.Respectively from the system,institution,personnel and university functions,explain how to respond actively to all kinds of education phenomena and problems,eventually making three universities consistently ranked among the top universities.Finally,summarizing Shalala’s three period university president practice.In the era of political,economic and society rapidly changes,as a multiple identities people with immigrant,female,scholar,university president,politician,economic and society activist,how can Shalala deeply understand university idea and practice,how to put the idea into practice,and how to make universities move forward steadily without abandoned by the times.The research on the university educational philosophy and practice of American university president——Donna Shalala,is intended to provide reference for China about how to create a world-class university and discipline,how to build a powerful country in higher education.