First, the development direction is popular. With the rapid development of China's economy, there is an increasing demand for higher education. After several years of enrollment expansion, the number of students in colleges and universities increased from 3.4 million in 1998 to 7180,000 in 2006 and reached 14.8% in 2002. There are indications that China's higher education has begun to move from "elite education" to "cultural education".
The second is the diversification of school-running methods. Now there are private universities besides state universities, and some state universities may make corresponding internal adjustments, resulting in the phenomenon of "one school, two systems" or even "one school with multiple systems". Secondly, the investment channels are diversified. According to statistics, from 1998 to 200 1, 80% of the new education investment in Chinese universities comes from bank loans and social forces.
Third, the marketization of school-running mode. With the establishment of the market economy system, the recognition of the value of colleges and universities pays more and more attention to social recognition. Colleges and universities are moving from "ivory towers" to society, and finally fully integrated into the main battlefield of the national economy. In some colleges and universities, the professional setting, enrollment and employment are more and more fully considering the needs of society.
Fourth, the way of running a school is international. With the continuous development of science and technology and the acceleration of economic globalization, especially after China's accession to the WTO, China's higher education will participate in the global education service competition more widely. International exchanges and cooperation between domestic universities and foreign universities and research institutions are unprecedentedly active.
Fifth, the means of running a school is informationized. Modern information technology is infiltrating into all aspects of teaching and scientific research in colleges and universities, and will completely change the traditional teaching mode and greatly improve the utilization efficiency of educational resources. Multimedia teaching, digital campus and network university are familiar to people, and higher education in China is moving towards comprehensive informationization.
Factors affecting higher education:
Economic factors mainly include productivity level, economic development level and speed, industrial structure and the demand for advanced human resources caused by it. Economic factors are often decisive factors in the formation, development and adjustment of higher education structure.
Cultural traditional factors mainly include the overall level of social culture, the characteristics and concepts of national culture formed by historical traditions, etc. Although the influence of cultural factors on the structure of higher education is not decisive, it has historical continuity, so its influence and significance are far-reaching.
Science and technology factors mainly include the overall development level and speed of science and technology, the scale structure of science and technology system and so on. The influence of scientific and technological factors on higher education is mainly reflected in the hierarchical structure and discipline structure. The faster the development of social science and technology, the stronger the demand for high-level talents, especially graduate students.
The educational factors that affect the structure of higher education mainly include the scale and structure of the education system, compulsory education, general education at all levels and vocational and technical education.