美国文理学院通识教育发展与实施现状分析-analysis on the development and implementation of general education in american college of arts and sciences.docxVIP

The development and current situation of liberal arts colleges’ liberal arts educationAbstractIn the American modern higher education system, the liberal arts college stands between the Research university and the Community college. It scrupulously follows the tradition, insists the collegial ideal and relies on its bright liberal education philosophy to establish an impregnable position in the intense education market competition. It has developed for more than 300 years, and now it stands out in American higher education under intense market competition. This can’t appear without the liberal arts education of the liberal arts college.This article makes up with 3 parts. Part Ⅰ, look back into the history of the liberal artscollege and the liberal arts education. I put the liberal arts college in the history of American higher education development, and then observe it how to become the unique one in Americanhigher education. Part Ⅱ, I use a case study to illustrate the models of the liberal arts college.Williams College is the most prestigious liberal arts college, one of the nation’s top 3, so choosing it to make the case analysis can have a deep representation about American liberal artscollege. Part Ⅲ,Draw lessons from American liberal arts college. Analysis the faith,thecurriculum of the American liberal arts education. Help us to introspect the higher educational reform and development. The last part of the paper is a summary of the full text.Key words: liberal arts college, liberal arts education, development ，current situation目录中文摘要ivAbstractv第一章 序论 ........................................................ 1一、问题提出 ................................................ ...1（一）研究背景 .............................................. 1（二）概念界定 .............................................. 2（三）研究意义 .............................................. 4二、文献综述 ................................................... 1（一）关于美国大学通识教育的研究 ............................ 5（二）关于我国高