高等教育学作为制度学科的涵义与特点

Connotation and Features of Higher Education Science as a System Discipline

高等教育学的学科性质是一门制度学科。制度学科是根据人们共同制定并共同遵守的,对高等教育活动起调节和控制作用的规则而确定的知识分类体系。高等教育学作为制度学科具有外生性、变迁性、功利性、认识广泛性的特点。

Higher Education Science is a discipline of system due to its intrinsic nature. System discipline is a type. of knowledge classification system that is shaped according to the rules commonly made and adhered to by people, and has the function of coordinating and controlling higher education activities. As a system discipline, Higher Education Science has the following features： it is shaped through external forces; it is changeable and utilitarian; and it covers wide-range of knowledge.