America,it’s Education——Focused on Yale 英语毕业论文.doc

论文外文题目： America,it’s Education——Focused on Yale University 论文主题词： 美国教育 耶鲁大学 教育 外文主题词：American’s Education Yale University teaching ABSTRACT Yale University is an American private Ivy League research university located in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States. Incorporated as the Collegiate School, the institution traces its roots to 17th-century clergymen who sought to establish a college to train clergy and political leaders for the colony. In 1718, the College was renamed Yale College to honor a gift from Elihu Yale, a governor of the British East India Company. In 1861, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences became the first U.S. school to award the PhD. Yale became a founding member of the Association of American Universities in 1900. Yale College was transformed, beginning in the 1930s, through the establishment of residential colleges: 12 now exist and two more are planned. Yale employs over 1,100 faculty to teach and advise about 5,300 undergraduate and 6,100 graduate and professional students. Almost all tenured professors teach undergraduate courses, more than 2,000 of which are offered annually. The history and the teaching of Yale will be intreduced in this pape At first, the history will be discussed . And then,the teaching will be talked about in an objective attitude. Key words: Yale university teaching history major objecter 摘 要 耶鲁大学（Yale University，旧译“耶劳大书院”）是一所坐落于美国康乃狄格州纽黑文市的私立大学，始创于1701年，初名“大学学院”（Collegiate School）。耶鲁大学是美国历史上建立的第三所大学，今为常青藤联盟的成员之一。 在2007英国泰晤士专上教育增刊（Times Higher Education Supplement）的世界大学排名，耶鲁大学在总平均排名与剑桥、牛津大学并列世界第二。耶鲁大学在美国普林斯顿评论（Princeton Review）2006年全美最难进的大学里排第二。 耶鲁大学将本科教育视为大学的核心。这种重视在美国同类大学中实属少见。耶鲁学院（Yale College，即耶鲁大学本科部）70个专业主要着力于通识教育，仅有极少的几个本科院系着眼于专业性的准备，甚至于耶鲁大学工程系也鼓励并且要求学生探索和学习工程学科以外的领域。 本文主要从耶鲁大学的历史和教学两个角度入手，本文将首先关注的耶鲁的历史，并对耶鲁大学