“大学制度”再认识

Re-understanding of “University Institution”

“大学制度”一词是高等教育学中的一个核心概念。目前,对其界定存在多种研究视角,且在使用中也存在不规范现象。在宏观方面,可把“大学制度”看作整体概念解读,是根本原则上的大学制度研究,而一般性的大学改革问题,则不应轻易使用“大学制度”这种宏大话语,以避免学术误解,而应用“体制”“机制”以及“治理结构”等替代。在微观方面,应该基于“关于大学的制度”“为了大学的制度”“在大学中的制度”三个方面对大学制度的具体范畴进行限定,并以此为基础,就大学制度与高等教育制度、高等教育体制、高等教育机制、大学治理、大学理念以及现代大学制度等的关系问题进行相关辨析,以进一步厘清大学制度的概念内涵,对现代大学制度建设提出操作性建议。

“University institution”is a core concept in higher education.However,there are a variety of research perspectives on its definition,and there are non-standard phenomena in its use.In the macroscopic aspect,“university institution”can be interpreted as a whole concept,which is the fundamental principle of university institution research,while the general university reform should not easily use“university institution”this grand discourse,to avoid academic misunderstanding,can be replaced by“system”,“mechanism”and“governance structure”.At the micro level,the specific scope of the university institution should be defined based on the three aspects of“the institution of the university”,“the institution for the university”and“the institution in the university”.On this basis,the relationship between university institution and higher education institution,higher education system,higher education mechanism,university governance,university concept and modern university institution should be analyzed,so as to further clarify the concept and connotation of university institution and put forward operational suggestions for the construction of modern university institution.