高等教育强国建设:高等教育理论研究的使命与责任

A Powerful Country in Higher Education:The Mission and Responsibility of Theoretical Research on Higher Education

高等教育对现代化强国建设具有决定性作用,高等教育强国因此必须率先推进现代化强国建设。高等教育无论作为国家事业的重要组成,还是人才培养和知识创新的活动,都必须在理性引领下与时俱进,这赋予了高等教育理论研究不可推卸的使命与责任。在对高等教育强国概念予以定性、定量解读的基础上,从服务国家战略发展需要、应对科技革命挑战及世界地缘政治巨变的需要三方面讨论了高等教育强国建设的时代紧迫性。从高等教育发展的历史逻辑和实践逻辑两方面归纳了高等教育理论研究之于高等教育强国建设的重要性,提出了高等教育强国建设既要回答建设需要的理性认识与基本规律等共性问题,又要回答中国特色、服务国家战略及实践路径等个性问题,以及高等教育强国建设进程中与时俱进的时代性与本土基础上的国际化等理论与实践问题。高等教育理论刊物作为集中发表高等教育理论研究成果的主要载体,不仅负有反映高等教育理论研究成果的基本职能,还必须发挥引领高等教育理论研究尤其是引领高等教育强国建设理论研究的积极作用。基于引领高等教育强国理论研究的需要,提出了包括体现高等教育强国建设顶层设计的价值取向研究、体现高等教育强国建设理论领域的重大主题研究以及体现高等教育强国建设实践需要的具体选题研究之高等教育强国理论研究框架。

Higher education is decisive to the construction of a modern powerful country;therefore,a powerful country in higher education must take the lead and promote the construction of modern powerful country.Whether higher education is an important part of the national cause or an activity aimed at person-nel training and knowledge innovation,it must keep pace with the times under the guidance of rationality,which gives the theoretical research of higher education an inescapable mission and responsibility.On the basis of the qualitative and quantitative interpretation of the concept of a powerful country in higher educa-tion,the urgency of the construction of a powerful country in higher education was discussed from three as-pects:serving the needs of national strategic development,coping with the challenges of scientific and tech-nological revolution and the needs of the world geopolitical changes.The importance of theoretical research on higher education in the construction of a strong higher education country was concluded from two as-pects:the historical logic and practical logic of the development of higher education.It was proposed that the construction of a powerful higher education country should not only answer common questions such as rational understanding and basic laws required for construction,but also answer individual questions such as Chinese characteristics,serving national strategies and practical paths,as well as theoretical and practical issues such as the timeliness of the construction process of a powerful higher education country and internationaliza-tion based on local foundations.As the main carrier to publish the research results of higher education theo-ry,the journal of higher education theory not only has the basic function of reflecting the research results of higher education theory,but also must play a positive role in leading the research of higher education theo-ry,especially leading the theoretical research of building a powerful country in higher education.Based on the need of leading the theoretical research of powerful higher education country,a theoretical research framework of a powerful country in higher education was constructed,which includes the value orientation research reflecting the top-level design of the construction of higher education powerful country,the major theme research reflecting the theoretical field of the construction of higher education powerful country,and the specific topic research reflecting the practical needs of the construction of higher education powerful country.