谈美国高等教育之行政系统与学术发展方向的关系.doc

談美國高等教育之行政系統與學術發展方向的關係 張圖南 南加州大學物理與天文系 President Senior Vice Presidents Academic Affairs（Provost） 教務長 Administration Development（Fund raising） Other Sn. VP or VP Student Affairs Business Affairs International Affairs External Affairs Planning Controller Others Associate＆Assistant VP Provost Vice Provost Academic Programs Research Faculty Affairs Budget Information technology Admission＆Recruitment International Affairs Others Associate＆Assistant Vice Provost（Staff） Academic Deans Academic Dean Associate Deans Academic Affairs Research Instruction and Curriculum Faculty Affairs Development Student Affairs Business Affairs Others Department Chair Director（Inst. or Center） Endowed Chair Professor 講座教授 Tenure＆Tenured Track Faculty Full Professor（Tenured） Associate Prof.（usually tenured） Assistant Prof.（not tenured） 6 years maximum probation Non- tenure Track Faculty Research Faculty Adjunct Faculty Clinical Faculty Mission of the University Strategic Planning University Level School Level Department Level Faculty Participation Faculty Governance Structure University Level-Senate School Level-Faculty Council Department Level-Committee Faculty Governance （Consultation/recommendation） University Level-Senate President Executive Board Members（Faculty Council） Members（at-large） Committee/Task Force School Level Council/Assembly Committees/Task Forces Department Level Committees Univ. of Southern California Strategic Initiatives Research：Interdisciplinary Instruction：General Education Internationalization：Pacific Rim Los Angeles＆Southern Calif. Critical Pathway Biological/Medical Sciences Information Technology Arts and Communication Urban Paradigm Democracy is a very inefficient process, but it is the “only” approach that ensures the academic freedom . However , accountability can result only if the academic decision is made by a “single” administrator after