21世纪高等教育的使命和目的——克拉克·科尔的高等教育目的观述评

The Mission and Purpose of the Higher Education in the 21st Century ——A Review of C.kerr's Elaboration on the Purpose of Higher Education

科尔指出21世纪美国高等教育的目的是:为学生的教育、发展提供建设性环境,在整个社会促进人的发展,为中学后适龄群体提供平等的教育机遇,支持智力和艺术创新,通过思考对社会更新进行评价。科尔的高教目的观着眼未来,强调多样性、发展性、人本性和回应社会,对我国高教改革极富启发意义。

C. kerr points out that the purpose of higher education is. providing a constructive environment for the education and development of students, promoting the human development in the whole society, providing equal opportunities of education for post-middle school groups, supporting intellectual and artistic innovation, and revaluating social renovation. Keer＇s view of higher education is future-oriented, human oriented, emphasizing diversity, development and responsiveness to society. It is of illuminating significance to Chinas higher education.