美国社区学院的办学经验及其对发展我国高等职业教育的启示.doc

美国社区学院的办学经验及其对发展我国高等职业教育的启示AbstractCommunityCollegeisthecreativeinventionandbeautifulsceneryofAmericanhighereducation,whichhastheimportantstatusinAmericanhighereducationsystem.ItdatedfromtheJuniorCollegeMovementinthelate19thcenturyandearly20thcentury.Aftermorethanonecenturysdevelopment,AmericanCommunityCollegehasformeditsuniquecollege-runningcharacteristics,pluralisticcollege-runningfunctions,richcollege-runningexperience,whichcausesthestructureofAmericanhighereducationmorereasonableandthefunctionsbetterandbetter.IthasmadetremendouscontributionsforAmericaneducation,politics,economyandculture.ChinashighervocationaleducationhasconsistedhalfofChinashighereducationandithasbecomethemainforceinthepopularizationofChina’shighereducation.Ithasmaderemarkableachievementsaboutthreedecadesdevelopment,butithasshowedaseriesofprominentquestionsintheprocessofdevelopment,suchasthebackwardnessofeducationideas,theunitaryteachingforms,thedivorcedtheoryandpracticeandsoon.Therefore,theadvancededucationideasandsuccessfulexperienceofCommunityCollegeshouldbeusedforreference.ThiscanenrichthetheoryofhighervocationaleducationresearchandenhanceChina’shighereducationlevelwithoutdoubt.ThispaperattemptstosummarizeAmericancommunitycollege’ssuccessfulexperiencebythewayofitsprocessofdevelopmentandcollege-runningfunctions.Meanwhile,thispapertriestosortoutthereasons,thedevelopmentprocess,thecollege-runningfunctionsandtheexistingproblemsofChina’shighervocationaleducation,anditproposestheenlightenmentofAmericanCommunitycollegesexperiencetothedevelopmentofChina’shighervocationaleducation.Thispaperisdividedintofourparts.ThefirstpartsummarizesthebackgroundandstageofdevelopmentofAmericanCommunityCollege.Thesecondpartintroducesthefivecollege-runningfunctionsofAmericanCommunitycollege,namelytransfereducationfunction,thevocationaleducationfunction,thecommunityservicefunction,theremedialeducationfunctionandthegeneraleducationfunction,thensummarizesthesuccessfulexperienceofAmericanCommunityCollegesystematically.Th