努力探索高等教育的“中国经验”

In Pursuit of the “China Experience” in Higher Education

我国高等教育已有百余年的历史,经过长期的历史积淀和努力探索已成为世界高等教育大国。作为现代化的"后发型"国家,我国高等教育经过了"模仿"西方高等教育的阶段,在数量规模上初步具备了与西方高等教育并肩前行的条件。实践证明,基于国情与文化传统的差异,西方国家的高等教育经验在我国的"适用性"相对有限,我国的高等教育发展水平带有明显的阶段性和特殊性特征。高等教育从"跟跑"到"并跑"再到"领跑"是一个国家高等教育成熟的标志,也是一个国家高等教育发展的必经之路。在现阶段,回顾"跟跑"的历程,反思"并跑"的不足,并找准"领跑"的方向,才能实现"扎根中国大地办教育",才能让具有本土特色的"中国实践"成为"中国经验",中国高等教育才具有"领跑"的实力。

China’s higher education has had a history of over 100 years. The long-term historical accumulation and endeavors make it one of the world’s prominent players in higher education. As a developing country, China has come to parallel western higher education through an early stage of imitation. It is demonstrated that western experiences of higher education have somewhat limited applicability in China, where the latter displays obvious developmental stage and characteristics, due to different national conditions and cultural traditions. The maturation, as well as necessary progression, of higher education of any country shifts from running after, to with, to ahead of others. Only by review and retrospection of the first two stages and better aiming as a forerunner, can we take root in the Chinese soil, turn "China practice" into "China experience", and make it a real global leader.