Operational Mechanism,Practical Exploration and Enlightenment in the Organizational Network of Honors Education in American Public Colleges and Universities
Honors education is the primary way for American colleges and universities to cultivate gifted students.Massachusetts,through the establishment of the Commonwealth Honors Program,has created the first organizational network of honors education within the state's public higher education system.In organizational form,the program includes three different types:Commonwealth Honors College,Honors College,and Honors Program.For its operation mechanism,it has a clear governance structure,a rigorous process of approval and dynamic evaluation,and it also has comprehensive inspection procedures and criteria system.In practice,universities and colleges have made beneficial attempts in various aspects such as training objectives,selection mechanism,curriculum design,degree conferment,and resources support.The experience of the organizational network of honors education within the state's public higher education system in Massachusetts offers new insights for more countries and institutions aiming to cultivate top-notch students:constructing a regional honors education network to fully leverage integrated advantages and synergy effects of multiple subjects within the organization;expanding the types of colleges and universities to provide different levels of gifted students with honors education matched to their comprehensive abilities and developmental positioning;strengthening the access approval and dynamic evaluation of the program to provide a mechanism guarantee for promoting the quality construction of honors education;and establishing a diversified resource investment mechanism to provide multi-party empowerment for the professional growth and psychological support of gifted students.
American public colleges and universitiesHonors educationOrganizational networkOperation mechanismPractice and exploration
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