Liu Yao, director and professor of the Institute of Education Criticism of Zhejiang Normal University, tutor of master students, Zhejiang New Century 15 1 Talent (Grade II), leader of young and middle-aged disciplines in colleges and universities in Zhejiang Province, director of the master's degree program of higher education in Zhejiang Normal University, and director of the key research base of higher education in humanities and social sciences in Zhejiang Province.

He is also the executive director of the Education Evaluation Branch of China Higher Education Society, the vice chairman of Zhejiang Higher Education Science Committee, the chairman of Zhejiang Normal University Committee of Jiu San Society, and the editorial board of academic journals such as Journal of China Geo University (Social Science Edition), Development and Evaluation of Higher Education, Journal of Northwest A&F University (Social Science Edition) and Higher Education Management. Adjunct professor of xidian university and xianyang normal University, visiting professor of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. Special commentator of China Education News.

He has been engaged in educational research for more than 20 years, published more than 400 papers in academic journals such as Educational Research, and published more than 0 monographs 10 such as Education Review and Today's University Education Review. He won 5 scientific research achievement awards at or above the provincial and ministerial level, 1 teaching achievement award 1 and more than 20 other achievement awards. 1994 asked, "How many functions does moral education have?" Caused great repercussions in the education sector; 1995 initiated the study of educational criticism, which caused * * * voices in the education field; In 2002, the research field of rural higher education was opened up, which aroused the concern of the society for rural higher education; In 2005, the call for remolding university spirit attracted academic attention, and Guangming Daily made an exclusive interview with it.

Major scientific research projects completed in recent years: National Key Project of Philosophy and Social Sciences 1, National Key Project of Education Science during the Ninth Five-Year Plan 1, National Youth Fund during the Ninth Five-Year Plan 1, National Tenth Five-Year Plan of Higher Education Science 1, Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education in 2006. Graduate students have been enrolled since 2000. Since 2003, domestic visiting scholars have been recruited. The main research directions are educational criticism, higher education and educational evaluation. The courses offered for graduate students mainly include education evaluation, higher education, education criticism, higher education evaluation, community education research and so on.