Reputation Index in University Rankings:Function and Use

SU Yongjian, SONG Mengshang Page 1

Abstract：Reputation is not only a symbol of university quality,but also an important capital of university development. With the emergence of rankings in higher education system, reputation, as a subjective cognition,is gradually incorporated into the index system of university ranking and endowed with a measurable and computable“objective attribute”.After a hundred years of development,reputation index exists in different forms in the ranking system of modern universities.The reputation index in university rankings raises the legitimacy and effectiveness of university rankings,and urges universities to attach importance to reputation building.However,at the same time,there are some main problems in the use of reputation index,such as lack of scientific basis in indicator design, prejudice in reputation investigation and alienation of university competition. In order to give full play to the role of reputation index in university rankings,all stakeholders need to make good use of reputation index,which requires not only the ranking institutions and all stakeholders to form a certain degree of consensus on the basis of communication,but also the collective actions of all parties.

Key words：university rankings;reputation index;university reputation;university quality

Practice of Evidence-based Teacher Education in the Era of Big Data

WANG Zhenglu, ZHANG Bo, WU Shangran Page 11

Abstract：The practice of evidence-based teacher education started from evidence-based medicine,which is an inevitable trend for the development of evidence-based medicine to the field of teacher education.The continuous penetration of big data technology and the evidence-based orientation of teacher training are the internal motivations for the development of evidence-based teacher education practice in the era of big data.However, the current evidence-based teacher education practice in the era of big data is facing real problems such as inadequate evidence-based awareness, incomplete evidence-based mechanisms, unfinished evidence-based databases, and weak evidence-based atmosphere. For these problems, corresponding solutions should be adopted, which include enhancing evidence-based awareness, establishing a sound evidence-based mechanism, building an evidence-based database, and creating an integrated evidence-based atmosphere of“knowledge-evidence-implementation-monitoring”.

Key words：faculty development; evidence-based teacher education practice; data literacy; education practice

Development Strategies of Liberal Arts in Engineering Industry-based Characteristic Research Universities

XIE Huixiang, YANG Chunren, GAN Guolong Page 21

Abstract：The engineering industry-based characteristic research universities(EIBCRU) are an important force in the construction of“Double First-Class”in China, and the development of liberal arts is an inevitable requirement for them to build an ecological system of first-class disciplines and promote the construction of“Double First-Class”. The empirical study has found that liberal arts development of EIBCRU has become a scale,and has made overall progress in every-round national first-level discipline evaluation.The discipline education ability as a whole is superior to the discipline innovation ability.However,the lack of discipline leading talents and the insufficient output of landmark teaching and scientific research achievements are the common weaknesses in the development of liberal arts in such universities. According to the life cycle theory of discipline organization, the development of liberal arts in EIBCRU has got through the“generation period”and is now in the early stage of the“growth period”.In the future,according to the principle of“acting according to capacity and according to needs”and Ernest Boyer's four academic views, EIBCRU can adopt three different strategies,namely,developing teaching liberal arts,integrating applied liberal arts and innovating liberal arts,to build fine liberal arts.

Key words：engineering industry-based characteristic research universities(EIBCRU); liberal arts; discipline level evaluation;discipline ecology

The Humanistic“Interdisciplinary”Approach from Calligraphy and Literature and Art—Taking Su Shi's Calligraphy Thought as an Example

LIU Yuhong Page 33

Abstract：Su Shi broke the strong wall of calligraphy in Jin and Tang Dynasties by creating meaning and thinking, formed the style of advocating meaning in calligraphy in Song Dynasty, and became the leader of the literary world and the commander of the innovation of calligraphy style. From this perspective, this paper discusses that at the moment when the state calls for the development of“interdisciplinary”, the parallel development of literature and art and calligraphy should be broken, and the integration and comprehensive research of disciplines should be speeded up. Under the reflection of the traditional concept of the unity of calligraphers and their works, the“interdisciplinary”development opens a new way to inherit Chinese culture.

Key words：calligraphy;literature and art;interdisciplinary;Su Shi;Literati calligraphy;humanistic education

Huang Junjie's Idea of General Education and Innovation in Practice

ZHENG Shujuan Page 50

Abstract：National Taiwan University is one of the top universities in Taiwan, China. In recent years, it has initiated the“deep bowl”course of general education, deepened general education, and led the way in teaching and research. Taking Professor Huang Junjie's course as an example, this paper explains that Huang Junjie advocates that education is a process whereby people make progress through the interactions between human beings,person to person,heart to heart.The general education of the best quality is in a form of“psychological education”. His course helps students to consider the connections between and the collision of traditional culture and modern life. It will lead students to apply the essence of Confucian Humanism to their present lifestyle.This paper analyzes his teaching orientation and presents his teaching characteristics from the perspective of practical participation in the course.

Key words：National Taiwan University; general education;“deep bowl”course; idea of university; East Asian Confucianism;humanistic spirit

Shared Governance in American Colleges and Universities: Characteristics and Challenges

WANG Xia Page 55

Abstract：The shared governance of American colleges and universities is the joint responsibility of the trustees, president and the faculty. Under the background of longtime autonomy, faculty's appeal, legal protection and the demand of the time, the shared governance model was established, and in the past 50 years it showed the characteristics of differentiated powers and responsibilities, mutual checks and balances, extensive participation and internal and external governance.As the government and the public pay more attention to higher education, funds intervention and accountability intervention from the government and the public have become the pressure and challenge of the shared governance of American colleges and universities.

Key words：American colleges and universities;shared governance;faculty power;academic value

The Value of Annual Giving for the Development of American First-class Universities

NIU Xinxin, HONG Chengwen Page 64

Abstract：The annual giving of first-class universities in the United States originated in the late 19th and early 20th century. The rise of democratization and mass philanthropy prompted Yale and Harvard to innovate in fundraising and develop small gifts from alumni into a permanent source of funding.It opened up a new situation of university fundraising. The implementation of annual giving not only provides direct support for the university to fulfill its mission,but also lays the foundation for the sustainable development of fundraising.It plays an important hidden value in cultivating large donors, donation culture and university brand building, and promotes the development of first-class universities in the United States.The annual giving of first-class universities has formed a mature operation mode with core leading value, mass participation of volunteers, structure of class-reunion growth, and sound organizational units. Its basic, systematic, professional and innovative characteristics can provide reference for Chinese universities.

Key words：annual giving;first-class universities;donation culture;donation structure

The Internationalization Strategy of Japan's Top Universities

ZHENG Chun, YANYueqin, WANG Haichao Page 76

2013年1月18日，中国腐植酸工业协会副理事长、新疆双龙腐植酸有限公司董事长樊金龙一行专程到会，讨论“新疆煤炭腐植酸资源调查”事宜。首先，曾理事长针对党的“十八大”提出的生态文明建设，从精神和物质两个层面阐述了“生态文明的物质性”与“腐植酸物质的生态性”的关系，指明了腐植酸新产业在生态文明建设中的重要作用。

Abstract：Under the impetus of the“Top Global University Program”(hereby referred to as TGU Program), the enrolled Japanese universities have gradually achieved“a comprehensive internationalization”. Using Knight and de Wit's Internationalization Process Model as the analysis framework,by comprehensively analyzing the five Japanese universities which are selected from the TGU Program and ranked in the world's top 100,it is found that the five Japanese universities demonstrates obvious theoretical rationality.It has formed an effective logical connection and action response among the five procedures, that is, shaping internationalization awareness and commitment, internationalization planning layout, implementation, feedback, and strengthening of internationalization,which can ensure the effectiveness and the sustainability of internationalization development to a large extent. China's Double First-class universities can appropriately learn from the experience of Japan's universities,such as building an international methodology system suitable for their own university conditions and academic conditions, innovating international exchange and cooperation paradigms, reshaping the core values of student-centered internationalization,and reforming governance system as to better support internationalization. For China's universities, these expected changes will contribute to continuously improving the methods and paths that can enhance the level of internationalization and internationalization capabilities, and providing sustainable support for truly building into the world-class universities with global impact.

Key words： Top Global University Program; internationalization strategy; internationalization process-orientated model;First-class University

Obstacles to Exam-oriented Learning and Institutional Breakthroughs in View of the Transformation of Learning Methods

BAI Junyi Page 91

Abstract：The transformation and optimization of students' learning method play an important role in improving the quality of talent training.In the process of optimizing learning methods，exam-oriented learning behavior should be emphasized and changed.Although academic circles and universities have carried out a series of explorations and reforms corresponding to exam-oriented learning,this problem has never been solved,and it is even getting worse.Tackling exam-oriented learning behavior requires changing the research perspective and paying attention to the institutional elements behind the behavior,and new institutionalism can provide enlightenment. According to the perspective of new institutionalism, the exam-oriented learning behavior is the result of the combined effect of the three basic elements of the three institutions in the university field,which is manifested in the benefit guidance of the evaluation institution to students and teachers, the expectation of performance contained in the role of students，and the external result of shaping the cultural environment-oriented cognition. To achieve a breakthrough in the institution of obstacles to exam-oriented learning behavior, the above three elements should also be proceeded from, namely, promoting the improvement of the validity of the course assessment by correcting the measurement tendency,driving the reform of the teaching evaluation institution by changing the value standpoint,and reconciling the internal cognition of undergraduates'roles are targeted institution optimization paths.

Key words：first-class undergraduate education; learning method; exam-oriented learning; new institutionalism;teaching evaluation

“One Body, Two Wings”: A New Engineering International Talent Training Mode

ZHANG Guochen, PENG Xumei, GAO Wei, ZHANG Ningguang,MU Gang,CAI Weiguo, BAO Lin Page 104

Abstract：It is urgent to deepen the construction of new engineering, improve the quality of international engineering talent training, and build a higher engineering education system with Chinese characteristics and world-class standards. Based on theory of synergy, and being problem-oriented, this paper analyzes the main difficulties confronted by international engineering talents cultivation. Combined with the China-New Zealand joint program,and using the concepts of OBE and CDIO for reference,the reform of a new engineering international talent training mode named“One Body, Two Wings”has been carried out. Strengthening the students'abilities in engineering practice application, engineering English application, and intercultural communication,the mode has achieved diverse and coordinated development,and has promoted the integration of new engineering reform and international reform, and the construction of a high-quality education system and a community with a shared future for mankind.

Key words：new engineering;coordinated development;international talents cultivation

Cultivating Professional Talents in Japanese Language Discipline from the Perspective of New Liberal Arts

DING Hongwei Page 112

Abstract：Insufficient disciplinary integration and superficial interdisciplinary practice between liberal arts and sciences are the long-lasting problems of the current Japanese talent training process.Disciplinary integration,the interdisciplinary practice of arts and sciences,and big data are the key words for the construction of new liberal arts in the post-industrial era. The new liberal arts are characterized by openness and integration,and the cultivation of professional talents in Japanese language with prominent industrial characteristics should,on the one hand,promote the opening of the talent training system to achieve the intersection of arts and sciences, and on the other hand, enhance the degree of interaction between the subject and object of education to achieve the essence of the quality of talent training. Therefore, the openness and change of student' learning choices, curriculum construction, and professional construction are necessary conditions for the optimization of the Japanese talent training model in colleges and universities under the background of the new liberal arts.The diversified“Japanese +”talent training mode enhances the interaction between majors, and the interaction between majors and industries through market-oriented and cross-border integration is the key strategy for optimizing the Japanese language talent training mode.

Key words：new liberal arts;Japanese language discipline;training mode