金融危机中的美国高校：现状、对策及思考

American Universities in Financial Crisis: Situation, Measurements and Reflections

2008年夏季以来，美国高等教育界开始感受到源于本国金融危机带来的强烈震撼。美国高校普遍面临拨款削减、捐赠减少、基金缩水、学生申请资助增加等诸多困难形势。为此，高校管理层紧急动员起来，从自减工资到紧缩开支，从提高学费到增加学生资助等采取了一些有效的应对措施，分析这些经验对提高高校应对金融危机的影响将具有普遍的借鉴意义，特有助于提高我国高校应对金融危机的能力。

The financial crisis had some severe effects on U.S. higher education in 2008. This paper discusses the difficult situation of U.S. Universities during the period of financial crisis， such as government funding was cut， donations were dropped， fund shrunk， and students’ applying for the financial. Therefore， universities have taken some measurements to overcome the difficulties， such as cutting down expenses， providing financial aids for students et al.