国联教育考察团的来华与民国中后期高等教育的演进

The Visit of the League of Nations Mission of Educational Experts to China in 1931 and the Evolution of China’s Higher Education in the Middle and Late Period of Republic of China

1931年国联教育考察团的来华影响了民国中后期高等教育的演进历程。这主要体现为:考察团开展的各种检讨,影响了民国中后期高等教育的演进历程;特别是考察团针砭中国大学分布失衡问题,指责大学课程设置混乱问题,以及建言实施大学统一招生考试,推动了国民政府发展西部高校、改革大学课程、试行公立大学统一招生考试。进而,民国中后期高等教育呈现出两点积极变化:其一,汲取欧洲高等教育经验;其二,从混乱局面转变为有序发展,在办学质量上有所提升。

The visit of the League of Nations Mission of Educational Experts to China in 1931 had influenced the evolution of China’ s higher education in the middle and late period of Republic of China.Mission of Educational Experts criticized the imbalanced geographic distribution of China’s universities,rather disorganized and fragmented curriculum there,and the absence of national university entrance examination at that time.Following their suggestions,the government of Republic of China started to set up universities in the western part of China,undertake university curriculum reform,and carry out the trial implementation of a national public university entrance exam.By learning from the experience of European countries,China’s higher education,which was once in a rather messy state,finally had got back on track and improved its efficiency and quality significantly.