中国高等教育实证研究的展开、问题与走向

Unfolding,Issues,and Trends of Empirical Research in Chinese Higher Education

本文选取了高等教育投资、高校教师管理制度、学术职业流动与高校教师教学行为等主题,对其相关研究文献略作梳理,大致梳拢了实证研究在中国高等教育研究领域的展开轨迹,并探讨其在知识体系建构中的意义。本文的基本结论为:当前,实证取向已经成为中国高等教育研究的主流趋势,其研究的主题关注与国家宏观政策与制度变革紧密相关,因此,不妨称之为具有实用主义色彩的实证取向。围绕制度变迁过程产生的众多问题而展开的实证研究,促成了大量主题性知识的生产,但尚存在本土理论创生与自主知识体系建构不足的问题。未来实证研究应立足本土意识的借鉴与反思,实现理论创新,并以国际认可的知识和话语体系建构,凸显中国高等教育研究的国际贡献。

This article selects themes such as investment in higher education,college faculty management sys-tems,academic career mobility,and the teaching behavior of faculty,and provides a cursory review of the related re-search literature to roughly outline the trajectory of empirical research in the field of higher education in China.It also explores its significance in the construction of a knowledge system.The fundamental conclusion is that cur-rently,the empirical approach has become the mainstream trend in Chinese higher education research.The themes of this research are closely related to national macro policies and systemic reforms.Therefore,it could be characterized as having a pragmatic empirical orientation.Empirical research that unfolds around the numerous issues arising from systemic changes has led to the production of a wealth of thematic knowledge,but there is still a lack of indigenous theory generation and the construction of an independent knowledge system.Future empirical research should be based on local awareness,drawing from and reflecting upon this,to achieve theoretical innovation and construct a knowledge and discourse system that is internationally recognized,thereby highlighting the international contribu-tion of Chinese higher education research.