课程改革——美国传统高校向现代大学转变的重要枢纽

一般认为，美国现代意义上的大学形成于19世纪末20世纪初，但其向现代大学的转变进程自南北战争前就已经开始，并突出表现在课程设置的改革方面。课程改革的路径是：传统的人文课程逐步为实用的、学术的课程所取代；选修制逐步被接受；传统高校逐步向现代大学转变。

Curriculum Reform-the Important Key Position for the Transformation of American Universities from Traditional Types to Modern Ones

Generally, the universities in the modern sense in America were formed during the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, but the transformation towards the modern university has already emerged before the Independence War. It has also been prominently manifested in the transformation of curriculum offered. The route to the curriculum reform is: the traditional humanities courses are gradually replaced by the academic and practical curriculum; the system of elective course is gradually being accepted; the traditional universities are transformed into modern universities step by step.