Teaching is highly regarded in U.S. liberal arts colleges which are well known for outstanding undergraduate education. The reasons are as follows: with the idea of liberal arts education, the right people are hired, sufficient support is provided for the faculty, the appropriate faculty assessment system is implemented, and the active and supportive sense of community is created among the faculty. Among them, the faculty assessment system plays an important role in making the faculty devote their time and efforts to teaching and keep a good balance among research, teaching and service. It is found that there is an obvious emphasis on teaching in the faculty review criteria, the role as a teacher is most highly regarded, the teaching-related people are responsible for the assessment, most of the materials for review are relative with teaching, and the review period is long enough. Serving the mission, orientation and development of liberal arts colleges, the faculty assessment system is coherent with the faculty hiring policy, and is backed up by a series of support and training for faculty from the college.%美国文理学院以卓越的本科教学闻名，其重视教学的传统由来已久。之所以能够做到以本科教学为中心，是因为这类学校在博雅教育理念的引领下，聘用了“正确的人选”，为教师提供了充足的支持，运用了恰当的教师评价制度，并且在教师群体中营造了积极的共同体氛围。其中，文理学院教师评价制度对于引导教师重视教学起着重要的导向作用和杠杆作用，促使教师在教学、科研与服务三项活动中保持平衡且相互促进。具体表现出以下特点：评价标准的教学导向明显；评价对象的“教师”角色居于首位；评价者以教学相关者为主；评价材料的教学相关性强；评价周期长。文理学院的教师评价制度服务于学校的办学理念和办学定位，与教师招聘制度具有内在的一致性，其可行性也得益于学校对教师的系列支持和系统培训。
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