【Whennextyear’scropofhigh-schoolgraduatesarriveatOxfordUniversityinthefallof2009they’llbejoinedbyanewface:AndrewHamiltonthe55-year-oldprovost(教务长)ofYalewho’llbecomeOxford’svice-chancellor—】

　　Whennextyear’scropofhigh-schoolgraduatesarriveatOxfordUniversityinthefallof2009they’llbejoinedbyanewface:AndrewHamiltonthe55-year-oldprovost(教务长)ofYalewho’llbecomeOxford’svice-chancellor——apositionequaltouniversitypresidentinAmerica.

　　Hamiltonisn’ttheonlyeducatorcrossingtheAtlantic.SchoolsinFranceEgyptSingaporeetc.havealsorecentlymadetop-levelhiresfromabroad.Highereducationhasbecomeabigandcompetitivebusinessnowadaysandlikesomanybusinessesit’sgoneglobal.Yetthetalentflowisn’tuniversal.High-levelpersonnel(人员)tendtoheadinonlyonedirection:outwardfromAmerica.

　　ThechiefreasonisthatAmericanschoolsdon’ttendtoseriouslyconsiderlookingabroad.ForexamplewhentheboardoftheUniversityofColoradosearchedforanewpresidentitwantedaleaderfamiliarwiththestategovernmentamajorsourceoftheuniversity’sbudget.“Wedidn’tdoanyglobalconsideration”saysPatriciaHayestheboard’schair.TheboardfinallypickedBruceBensona69-year-oldColoradobusinessmanandpoliticalactivist(活动家)whoislikelytodowellinthemaintaskofmodernuniversitypresidents:fund-raising.Fund-raisingisaparticularllyAmericanthingsinceU.S.schoolsrelyheavilyondonations.Thefund-raisingabilityislargelyaproductofexperienceandnecessity.

　　ManyEuropeanuniversitiesmeanwhilearestillmostlydependentongovernmentfunding.Butgovernmentsupporthasfailedtokeeppacewithrisingstudentnumbers.Thedeclineingovernmentsupporthasmadefund-raisinganincreasinglynecessaryabilityamongadministrators(管理人员)andhashiringcommitteeshungryforAmericans.

　　Inthepastfewyearswell-knownschoolsaroundtheworldhavejoinedthetrend.In2003whenCambridgeUniversityappointedAlisonRichardanotherformerYaleprovostasitsvice-chancellortheuniversitypubliclystressedthatinherpreviousjobshehadoverseen“amajorstrengtheningofYale’sfinancialposition.”

　　Ofcoursefund-raisingisn’ttheonlyskilloutsidersoffer.Theglobalizationofeducationmeansmoreuniversitieswillbeseekingheadswithinternationalexperienceofsomekindtopromoteinternationalprogramsandattractaglobalstudentbody.Foreignerscanoff