1977—1978年的大学扩招——以林乎加的教育思想为例

On University’s Increased Admission of College Students in 1977-1978——Taking LIN Hu-jia’s Education Thoughts as an Example

中止了11年的高考恢复后,1977、1978两年报考人数激增,在招生计划名额一定的条件下,很多人因成绩优异、年龄偏大而上不了大学。为此,大学扩招便成为培养建设四个现代化人才、进一步发展高等教育亟待解决的问题。先后担任天津市委第一书记和北京市委第一书记的林乎加在扩招问题上亲自抓,在完成国家原定计划以外,根据地方的需要和人物财力创办多所大学分校。这一举措在全国范围内推进了大学扩招的力度,让更多的青年进入大学读书,成为多快好省发展高等教育的一条好路子。

After 11 years of suspension,gaokao resumed in 1977 and 1978 and witnessed a sharp increase in the number of examinees.However,with only a small number of candidates to be admitted by the national enrollment plan,a lot of students,though excellent with their scores,missed the chance of entering universities due to their age.In that case,in order to promote the cultivation of talents for Four Modernization,and further the development of higher education,to increase the number of enrolled candidates became a practical choice at that time.Lin Hu-jia,who was then the First Secretary of the Tianjin Municipal Party Committee and the First Secretary of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee,kept a close eye on the issue of enlargingenrollment scale.In addition to completing the original national plan,he helped to set up several university branches in local areas,according to local needs and financial resources.Thanks to the policyof enlarging admission scale,universitiesset up at local places has both promoted the work of university enrollment nationwide,and invitedmore young people to study on the campus.As a result,the policy of enlarging admission scalehas been a good way to help develop higher education more quickly,better and economically.