教学科研的深度融合是研究型大学的共同特点,但各个大学实现融合的模式仍存在差异。本文拟基于地方文化传统和周边产业发展需求,探索地方对大学主导功能的影响,并结合对英美典型研究性大学的案例剖析,研究不同大学教学科研融合发展的主要立足点不同的内在原因。研究显示,地方不仅为大学的发展提供资金和基础设施等方面的支持,也需要大学提供人力资本、知识创新等方面的服务,因此,大学的主导功能与地方文化经济环境密切相关,而教学科研的融合则往往立足于大学的主要功能。例如,牛津大学以人才培养为重点就深受英国传统文化的影响,哈佛在基础研究方面的卓越贡献也与其追求真理的文化传统有关,而斯坦福大学以服务产业发展促进人才培养与科研紧密融合的模式也受到实用教育理念的影响。总的看来,研究型大学都应该力促教学科研的深度融合,这是其承载文化传播和知识创造功能的基础,但就具体大学而言,很有必要适应特定地方的文化环境,探索适合的教学科研融合发展模式,而不要陷入盲目模仿的误区。
The integration of teaching and research is a common feature of the research universities. But the pattern to achieve the integration may be dif-ferent for various universities. Since the local cultural tradition and local industry structure may deeply influence the role of university in local devel-opment, this paper based on the analysis of typical British and American uni-versities, mainly explores the impact of local cultural environment on the dominant function of different universities, which will lead to different main standpoints for the integration of teaching and research. It holds that the u-niversity should get funding and infrastructure support from local environ-ment, and also should provide services, such as human capital and knowledge innovation. Thus, the university’s dominant function is closely related to lo-cal cultural and economic environment, and the integration of teaching and re-search may be realized through different paths. For instance, the University of Oxford has been putting emphasis on cultivating elites, which is deeply in-fluenced by British traditional culture. Harvard University has made splendid contribution to basic research, which is also deeply related to its cultural heritage of seek truth. As for Stanford University, which holds the practical education concept, has achieved the integration of teaching and research through its participation in local industry development. On the whole, re-search universities should promote deep integration of teaching and research, which is the foundation of cultural transmission and knowledge innovation. However, for each university, it is of importance to explore its unique path to promote the integration of teaching and research adapt to its local cultur-al environment.