大学教师队伍建设中的筛选机制—以美国五所世界一流大学为例

On the Screening Mechanisms in Building Faculty Teams: An Analysis of Five US World-class Universities

卓越的教师队伍是世界一流大学的核心竞争力。本文以美国五所世界一流大学的教师制度为案例,从人才定位、终身教授评审过程和评审要求等方面对比分析了世界一流大学教师队伍建设的筛选机制。本文讨论了世界一流大学教师队伍建设“严筛选”的特点,在筛选决策主体、筛选手段、筛选投入和筛选评估等方面对我国大学教师队伍建设有所启示。

World-class universities see outstanding faculty as their core competency. Based on the faculty policies of five US world-class universities, this paper analyzes the screening mechanism developed by universities in building their faculty teams and compares their screening goals, processes, and criteria. This paper finds that “highly selective'' faculty policies are essential to faculty excellence, and discusses implications for faculty team building in Chinese research universities from perspectives of screening decision-making bodies, methods, inputs and assessment.