Accreditation System of Distance Higher Education in the U.S. and Its Implications for China

Distance higher education is an important component of the Chinese higher education.How to enhance the quality of distance higher education is one of the key issues to be addressed in the research areas of distance education and higher education.As a crucial step to quality improvement,the constitution of accreditation system in distance higher education balances the benefits of all parties involved.This paper explores the American accreditation system of higher education and distance education and concludes with suggestions for the constitution of the Chinese quality assurance system:1)establishing third-party institutions to share part of the government roles;2)constituting the accreditation system;3)setting up appropriate standards;4)publicizing results of quality assurance work;and 5)building internal quality assurance mechanism.This paper is aimed to provide some reference to the constitution of accreditation system of distance higher education in China,facilitate the solution of quality problems in distance education,and promote the continuous improvement and development of distance education in China.

From Mutual Creation to Mutual Benefit:China’s National Teacher Training Program between Higher Teacher Education and K-12 Teachers

Sustainable Development Goal(SDG 4)lays solid theoretical foundation for the development of higher teacher education in improving the quality of teaching faculty nationwide.Sustainable teacher training paves a way for teacher professional development in the long run.China’s“National Teacher Training Program”serves a connection between higher teacher education and K-12 teachers in multiple perspectives when exploring K-12 teachers’improvement of the essence by upgrading the initiative of the program with the assistance of educational technology and modern educational philosophy from mutual creation to mutual benefit.Direction orientation strategic design based on demand for teaching faculty,curriculum setting in modules,and characteristics creation have been carried out to upgrade the training of teacher colleges and National Teacher Training Program in the future for achieving a win-win situation between higher teacher education and K-12 education.

REFORMING CHINA'S HIGHER ENGINEERING EDUCATION

This article expounds that China’s higher engineering education is facing both challenges and opportunities. Some special difficulties and problems rise in the course of economic transition, and exhort us that it has been of great urgency to carry out a reform of higher engineering education. Here are put forward six measures: to explore training patterns of such an education suited to China’s national conditions; to improve university system: to transform educational ideology, and reform educational contents and methods; to establish a system of cooperation of engineering universities and colleges with industries; to strengthen construction of teacher contingent in engineering universities and colleges; and to carry out testing work of continuing engineering education and training education.

Contribution of Development of China's Higher Education to Human Rights Undertaking

Human rights are the rights and freedoms of humans in their nature, and represent the basic conditions for the free and complete development of the humankind. The educational develop- ment level is an important mark of the level of realization of human rights. China＇s higher education realized the historic development in the 1998- 2007 period, and the number of the enrolled students at common colleges and universities across the nation had exploded from 3.4 million to 18.85 million, the number one in the world.

The 21^(st) century system reform and development mode of construction management education (CME) in China

With China’s entry into WTO and the development of the economic globalization, market competition in the construction field is more and more featured by the competition of talents, the core of which is the cultivation mechanism innovation of higher construction management talents. The approach to meet the requirement of this situation is to adopt innovation ideas, improve the supply-demand structure of CME, reform the education system to relate theory to practice, pay attention to the needs of the educated, enhance global communication and cooperation, and improve the knowledge structure of teachers.

Contributing to Sustainable Development——The Mission and Value of Higher Education

Some notes on sustainable development and scientific outlook on development were given. It is addressed that the mission of higher education to contribute to sustainable development should be reinforced and further expanded. The present situation of China's higher education and the improvements required were analyzed. Two modes of thinking (reductionism and holism) and the relationship between the mode of thinking and the mode of development were discussed. The change in the mode of thinking is the key point for Chinese higher education, and more intensive reform of teaching affairs is necessary. A proposal of the revision of China's Higher Education Act and University Constitutions was put forward.

Policy-Driven Development and the Strategic Initiative of One-Million Enrollment Expansion in China’s Higher Vocational Education

Purpose:This article explores the relationship between governmental policy and the development of higher vocational education in China.Design/Approach/Methods:The article begins with a textual analysis of dozens of policy documents on higher vocational education issued by the Chinese government since 1999.Findings:The article argues that the development of higher vocational education in China has been largely policy-driven.This development can be divided into four stages:scale development,quality improvement,capacity building,and systemwide enhancement.The transition between each of these developmental stages was marked by new policy initiatives undertaken by the Chinese government.Originality/Value:The government’s recent efforts to expand higher vocational education enrollment by one million students have significant implications for China’s higher vocational education.Additionally,the proposed“1 + X”model—which attaches equal importance to academic education and skill training—may represent the beginning of a new stage in the development of higher vocational education in China.

Women's Higher Education in China

AT the Huairou NGO Forum on Women, participants in the Workshop on Women’s Higher Education in China were inspired by Chinese speakers to give voice to their own ideas. The line for speaking grew so long as to require Qi Wenying, Workshop Chairwoman and Professor from Beijing University, to announce a new time limit of

我国普通高等教育规模的预测与潜力分析

基于1977-2011年全国高考报名人数、录取人数、人均GDP等数据,根据经济增长与普通高等教育规模(录取人数)的相关关系,运用曲线估计的方法对我国普通高等教育规模进行预测。根据2005年至2011年的高校报名人数、录取人数、应届高中毕业生人数等数据,运用Mingat Alain和Jeepeng Tan提出的ED(高等教育潜在规模公式)分析当前我国普通高等教育的潜在规模,发现普通高等教育实际规模尚未达到潜在规模。同时,基于明瑟收益率的视角,分析在普通高等教育尚未达到潜在规模,保持公办普通高校本科招生规模相对稳定的深层意义。

近现代世界高等教育中心的转移及其对中国高等教育的启示

随着近现代世界科学活动中心从意大利开始,经英国、法国、德国至美国,历经了四次转移,近现代世界高等教育中心也发生了类似的转移。分析、研究其中的原因,对中国高等教育的发展有着有益的借鉴意义。

陕西省高等教育与经济增长的关系研究

收集陕西省1952—2004年数据对高等教育与经济增长之间的关系进行研究,利用协整理论加以分析,结论是:二者之间没能存在协整关系即长期均衡关系。陕西省高等教育的发展更多的是人为因素,不是自身发展的结果。陕西高等教育规模扩大对提升陕西省人力资本存量和促进经济发展作用并不明显。Granger因果检验结果表明,陕西省经济增长同高等教育尤其是普通高等教育之间尽管在改革开放的市场化进程中逐步回复了本身固有的关系,但仍未形成一个良性互动的关系。

试论中国现代高等教育形成的四种源流及其影响

从历史发展的角度,考察了形成中国现代高等教育的四种重要源流,以及它们怎样进入我国的现代高等教育并如何发挥着它们的影响与作用的。为我们研究当代中国高等教育的现状和发展提供了一个新的视角。

中国高等教育发展历史述评

中国古代高等教育萌芽于夏商周,近代高等教育始发于洋务教育,新中国成立后,现代高等教育经过50年,特别是改革开放后的改革与发展,培养了数以千万计的高级专门人才。20世纪90年代以来,高等教育呈现稳步发展的态势,突出表现在高等学校招生规模的不断扩大,以及高等教育入学率的显著提升。在1999年之后,高等教育步入了数量和规模扩张上的黄金时期,很快实现了由"精英化"向"大众化"的转变。

高等职业教育规模与区域经济耦合协同发展研究——基于西部12省(市、自治区)面板数据的实证分析

为探讨高等职业教育规模与区域经济的内在联系,基于我国西部12省(市、自治区)2008-2017年的面板数据,在构建评价指标体系的基础上,运用熵值法、综合评价模型、耦合协调度模型和灰色预测模型,对高等职业教育规模和区域经济的耦合协调程度的时序演变进行分析。研究结果表明:西部地区高等职业教育规模系统与区域经济系统的发展水平均呈上升态势,且高等职业教育规模系统的综合评价指数明显高于区域经济系统;两大系统的耦合度较高,但耦合协调度不高,才跨入初级耦合协调水平;省际间跨越等级不同,均未达到优质协调等级。未来五年,西部地区的耦合协调度将稳步提升,各省协调发展演进速度差异明显。因此,需要深化高等职业教育供给侧结构性改革,推进高等职业教育与区域经济适应性战略调整,强化西部地区高等职业教育集群化发展来促进两者协同发展。

英国大学课程考核方法对我国高校课程考核改革的启示

我国高等教育改革正在稳步进行并且逐步深化,考试改革是高等教育教学改革的一个重要部分。通过分析英国高校课程考核方法论述了对我国高校课程考核改革的启示意义。

规模与结构:10年来我国高等教育发展的进程与展望

《国家中长期教育改革和发展规划纲要(2010-2020年)》已完成历史使命,我国高等教育规模和结构已达成各项既定目标,但仍面临规模上人力资源指标偏低,世界顶尖大学数量偏少,影响力亟待提升;结构上院校类型、特色发展不充分,区域均衡不足。“十四五”时期,普及化阶段的高等教育应中速推进,科学设置各项核心指标,平稳发展高等教育规模;应集中力量促进高等教育结构协调性发展,在不同层次、类型和区域发展多元化优质大学,建设高质量现代化高等教育体系。

西部大开发与民族高等教育的发展问题

西部大开发是我国面向21世纪作出的重大战略决策。本文分析了西部地区民族高等教育在现代市场经济和知识经济条件下实施的西部大开发中面临的发展机遇与挑战,认为西部大开发和西部地区民族高等教育应该相互促进和协调发展,并根据实施西部大开发的基础、根本、关键和重要条件,提出了发展民族高等教育的一些对策和建议。

我国农业高等职业教育发展历程及展望

改革开放以来,我国农业高职教育从萌芽到发展,再到内涵建设,为传统农业向现代农业转型升级奠定了良好的人才基础。文章在回顾我国农业高职教育40年发展历程的基础上,阐述了农业高职教育规模不断扩张、内涵建设水平不断提高、服务社会能力不断增强的历史成就。展望未来,我国农业高职教育需要构建发展新格局、培育发展新动力、找寻发展新机遇,从而实现高职教育与乡村振兴共生共荣。

中国制造视域下高职学生工匠精神培育研究

高职教育作为培养一线高素质应用型人才的教育,必须以工匠精神为核心,改革人才培养方案,培养工匠人才;改建课程体系,丰富工匠内涵;改编教材内容,凸显工匠特色;改进教学方法,突出工匠行为;改善评价体系,激励工匠精神,全方面、全过程加强学生精益求精的工匠精神教育,为中国制造培养更多的能工巧匠,实现中国由制造大国向制造强国转变的目标。