全球化时代高等教育若干基本问题的省思

Reflections on Some Basic Issues of Higher Education in an Era of Globalization

在全球化时代,影响高等教育政策和实践的基本力量中既有全球的力量也有本土的力量,全球因素与本土因素相互作用。高等教育具有广泛的社会文化目标,不能片面强调高等教育的经济功能,高等教育应当以间接而不是直接的方式为经济做贡献。知识主要是一种公共产品,过于强调知识的经济价值和私人产品性质,会损害公共利益和知识本身。在高等教育改革和发展过程中,发展中国家必须坚持独立自主的道路。

In an era of globalization, both global and local factors affect policies and practices of higher education, and these factors interact with each other. Because higher education has extensive so- cial and cultural objectives, we cannot unduly emphasize its economic function, and cannot require it to contribute to economy directly. As knowledge is basically public goods, overemphasis of its economic value and its attribute as private goods harms both public interests and knowledge itself. Developing countries should adhere to independence in higher education reform and development.