Basic introduction Chinese name: Attribute of popular education: Gross enrollment rate of higher education: 15% ~ 50% Corresponding concepts: conceptual background, basic situation and conceptual background of elite education and popular education. 1973 Martin Trow, an American educator and sociologist, wrote in the article Problems in the Transition from Elite Higher Education to Mass Higher Education. Through the investigation of the development process of higher education in the United States and western European countries, this paper puts forward the view that the development of higher education can be divided into three stages: elite, popularization and popularization based on the gross enrollment rate of higher education. It holds that when the gross enrollment rate of higher education in a country is below 15%, it will enter the stage of popular education, and when it exceeds 50%, it will enter the stage of general education. This view is widely quoted by international organizations and academic circles. Basic information: In April, 2065438+00, Minister of Education Zhou Ji visited the People's Network to talk about education. From the international comparison, an internationally recognized standard is that when the gross enrollment rate is lower than 15%, we call it the "elite education" stage, that is, the elite education stage of universities. /kloc-more than 0/5% is the stage of popular education of higher education. We have reached 23%, so we have entered the internationally recognized stage of higher education popularization. This is a major qualitative change.