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When next year’ s crop of high-school graduates arrive at Oxford University in the fall of 2009, they’ll be joined by a new face
When next year’ s crop of high-school graduates arrive at Oxford University in the fall of 2009, they’ll be joined by a new face
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2016-01-10
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问题
When next year’ s crop of high-school graduates arrive at Oxford University in the fall of 2009, they’ll be joined by a new face : Andrew Hamilton, the 55-year-old provost(教务长)of Yale , who’ll become Oxford’ s vice-chancellor—a position equivalent to university president in America.
Hamilton isn’ t the only educator crossing the Atlantic. Schools in France, Egypt, Singapore, etc. have also recently made top-level hires from abroad. Higher education has become a big and competitive business nowadays, and like so many businesses, it’ s gone global. Yet the talent flow isn’t universal. High-level personnel tend to head in only one direction: outward from America.
The chief reason is that American schools don ’ t tend to seriously consider looking abroad. For example, when the board of the University of Colorado searched for a new president, it wanted a leader familiar with the state government, a major source of the university’ s budget. "We didn ’ t do any global consideration," says Patricia Hayes, the board ’ s chair. The board ultimately picked Bruce Benson, a 69-year-old Colorado businessman and political activist who is likely to do well in the main task of modern university presidents; fund-raising. Fund-raising is a distinctively American thing, since U. S. schools rely heavily on donations. The fund-raising ability is largely a product of experience and necessity.
Many European universities, meanwhile, are still mostly dependent on government funding. But government support has failed to keep pace with rising student number. The decline in government support has made funding-raising an increasing necessary ability among administrators and has hiring committees hungry for Americans.
In the past few years, prominent schools around the world have joined the trend. In 2003 , when Cambridge University appointed Alison Richard, another former Yale provost, as its vice-chancellor, the university publicly stressed that in her previous job she had overseen " a major strengthening of Yale’ s financial position. "
Of course, fund-raising isn’ t the only skill outsiders offer. The globalization of education means more universities will be seeking heads with international experience of some kind to promote international programs and attract a global student body. Foreigners can offer a fresh perspective on established practices.
What is the chief consideration of American universities when hiring top-level administrators?
选项
A、The political correctness.
B、Their ability to raise funds.
C、Their fame in academic circles.
D、Their administrative experience.
答案
B
解析
推断题。根据题干中的American universities和hiring top-level administrators定位在第三段。第三段通过科罗拉多大学的事例说明美国一流大学在选校长时考虑的主要因素。由其中提到的对校长的要求“熟悉州政府:州政府是学校预算的主要来源”和最终选中的人选BruceBenson的特点“能履行好现代大学校长的主要任务:筹集资金”,结合原因“美国大学极其依赖捐赠”不难推断出,筹资能力是美国大学选校长时首要考虑的,故B项为正确答案。
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考研英语一
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