(1) Popularization of higher education: Martin Trow in the United States divides the development of higher education into elite higher education stage, mass higher education stage and mass higher education stage, and the measurement standard is the ratio of the number of students enrolled in higher education to the school-age population. In the late 20th century, popularization (higher education enrollment rate >; 15%) has become a major trend in the development of higher education in the world, and the enrollment rate of higher education in a few developed countries has reached or exceeded 50%, taking the lead in realizing the popularization of higher education.
(2) Diversification of higher education: the relationship between universities and society and economy is getting closer and closer. Many countries have carried out or are carrying out the reform of higher education institutions, not only the way of teaching and learning is changing, but also the structure and form of schools are changing.
It can be summarized as the following aspects: a) diversification of colleges and universities; B. the scale of institutions of higher learning is diversified; C. diversification of teaching organizations; D. diversified sources of education funds; E. Diversity of students' compositions
(3) Internationalization of higher education: The new economy is a global economy, and the new economic era will be an era of more prominent globalization. Accordingly, the future higher education will also show remarkable globalization characteristics. The concept of globalization of higher education has been widely accepted and operates in the following four ways: establishing international cooperation organizations between countries and regions to carry out cooperation; Establish international cooperation and assistance plans for scientific research projects between universities in different countries, regions and countries; Establish an information network connecting all colleges and universities; Promote international exchanges between students and scholars. In addition, in terms of educational goals, cultivating students' global awareness will become the main content.
(4) Informatization of higher education: The changes brought by new technologies and information networks to colleges and universities are revolutionary. Educational informatization has the characteristics of resource globalization, environment virtualization, multimedia teaching materials, personalized teaching, independent learning, task collaboration and management automation.
(5) Diversification of quality view of higher education: With the diversification of higher education and the emergence of vocational and adult higher education, self-study examination and distance and on-the-job education, the quality view and quality standard of higher education have diversified characteristics. Higher education is a multi-level concept. Diversity should be considered and unified quality concepts and standards should be avoided. Otherwise, it will not only curb the diversity of higher education, but also cause the gap between higher education and the needs of social development.
Establishing a developed and diversified quality view is the basic starting point for us to establish the quality view of higher education in the popularization stage.