从宗教文化透视美国高等教育捐赠传统

慈善捐赠在美国高等教育发展进程中具有十分重要的意义,它支撑了美国的近代高等教育,拓展了美国高校的服务职能,加速了美国研究型大学的诞生。从文化心理思考,美国的高等教育捐赠植根于美国浓厚的宗教文明,导致了美国近代高等教育的诞生和现代美国高等教育的高度发达。

On the Philanthropy Tradition of American Higher Education from the Perspective of Religious Culture

Philanthropy plays an important role in the development of American higher education.It upholds the modern higher education of America,expands the service function of American colleges and accelerates the emerging of research universities.From the perspective of culture psychology,the philanthropy tradition of American higher education roots in the religious civilization of America,and that makes special contribution to American higher education in the process of growing,developing and maturing.