【作者】 谭娟；

【导师】 徐辉；

【作者基本信息】 西南大学 ， 比较教育学， 2007， 硕士

【摘要】 美国高校终身教职制度是美国高校教师管理制度中一项关于教师聘任和职务晋升的制度，是美国高等教育制度的组成部分和教师管理制度的重要特色。它与大学自治、学术自由共同构成美国高等教育的三大基石，在维系美国高等教育领域所珍视的学术自由理念、稳定高校教师队伍、不断提高教师水平、平衡高校学术权力与行政权力、保障美国高等教育质量等方面建树颇多；对美国高等教育的发展，尤其是二战后美国高等教育的迅速发展功不可没。本文首先回溯美国高校终身教职制度的发展，深入分析终身教职制度的政策及实践，详细阐述终身教职的聘任原则、标准、程序以及解聘原则和程序；其次，本文对美国高校终身教职制度进行反思，评析终身教职制度的特点及其对美国高等教育发展的影响；再次，本文对美国高校终身教职制度的发展趋势作以展望，在详细论述该制度众多改革方案中最引人瞩目、实施面最广的终身教职后评估制度的基础上指出：在终身教职制度受到质疑的背景下，终身教职后评估制度无疑是一个可以为各方接受的改革策略，将成为美国高校终身教职制度的发展趋势；最后，本文阐述并分析美国高校终身教职制度对我国高校教师管理的启示：我国高校教师管理制度应该采取终身教职制度与聘任合同制度相结合的教师聘任和职务晋升制度；我国高校应该进一步建立健全教师考核制度，加强聘后管理；我国高校在深化教师管理制度改革的同时，还需要开展其它方面的配套改革。更多还原

【Abstract】 Faculty tenure in American colleges and universities is the unique characteristic and the important part of faculty management in American higher education. Faculty tenure, academic freedom,and university autonomy are three foundation stones for American higher education.Faculty tenure has been exerting great influence on the development of American higher education, especially after the World War II. And the effects are coming as: protecting the academic freedom which is valued by American higher education; recruiting and retaining top-flight faculty in American colleges and universities; balancing the academic authority and administrative authority in American colleges and universities, and so on.The thesis retrospects the development of faculty tenure in American colleges and universities firstly, then expatiates the policies and practices about faculty tenure, such as the principles, criterions and procedures of appointment and dismissal. Thirdly, the thesis makes a reflection on faculty tenure in American colleges and universities, makes appraisal and analysis of the characteristics of faculty tenure and its influence on the development of American higher education; and the thesis explores the disputes and problems on faculty tenure. Fourthly, on the basis of expectation of faculty tenure, the thesis expatiates post-tenure review which is one of the reformation projects of faculty tenure and is most outstanding and bring into effect widely; the thesis analyses post-tenure review’s signification and types, principals on practice and disputes around it in American colleges and universities. Then, the thesis indicates that post-tenure review will be the uptrend of faculty tenure. Finally, some enlightening points have been drawn out from faculty tenure in American colleges and universities for our reference to faculty management in colleges and universities in China: the combinative system including faculty tenure and engagement contract should be implemented as part of the faculty management system in colleges and universities in China; colleges and universities should establish and mature a set of scientific and equitable faculty review system and reinforce the post appointment review; colleges and universities should also develop the concomitant reformations while deepen the reformation of faculty management in colleges and universities in China.更多还原