Higher education refers to the education implemented on the basis of completing senior secondary education, in order to cultivate senior professionals with social responsibility, innovative spirit and practical ability. Higher education is one of the important interrelated components in the education system.
It usually includes all kinds of educational institutions whose main tasks and activities are high-level learning and training, teaching, research and social services.
The second half of the 20th century is an unusual stage of expansion and qualitative change in the development history of higher education. The rapid growth of society's demand for senior professionals and the urgent need of individuals for higher education opportunities make higher education develop at an unprecedented speed, from elite education to mass education.
On May 17, 2022, it was learned from the press conference of the Ministry of Education that China has built the largest higher education system in the world, with a total of more than 44.3 million students. The gross enrollment rate of higher education has increased from 30% in 20 12 to 57.8% in 200212, and higher education has entered a universally recognized stage.
China's population receiving higher education has reached 240 million, and the average number of years of education for newly-added laborers has reached 13.8 years. Major changes have taken place in the quality structure of the labor force, and the quality of the whole nation has been steadily improved.
In 2022, the gross enrollment rate of higher education was 59.6%, an increase of 1.8 percentage points over the previous year. The total number of students in all kinds of higher education is 46.55 million, an increase of 2.25 million over the previous year. The number of full-time teachers in higher education in China is 1.9778 million. At the stage of higher education, there are 152 1 vocational colleges.
Development status:
In 20 10, there were 2723 adult colleges and universities in China. There are 797 postgraduate training institutions, including 48 institutions of higher learning and 3 scientific research institutions. From the perspective of asset scale, the fixed assets of colleges and universities have the characteristics of various forms, various types, large quantity and high value, and the funds invested in various forms of fixed assets will become more and more huge.