Teachers are the most initiative and most energetic subject in the development of higher learning institutions. Academic ability is the key factor in the teacher’s qualifications. The teacher’s motivation for promoting his academic ability comes not only from his academic interest but also from the interaction of diverse active factors, such as the academic regulations and ecology in the academic circle. Thus it is of great significance to promote the teacher's academic ability by elaborating the active factors affecting his academic ability and developing an operative mode of encouraging mechanism.

higher learning institutions; college teachers; academic ability