The function of colleges and universities refers to the social tasks undertaken by colleges and universities to meet the needs of social division of labor and social development. It is generally believed that modern colleges and universities have three functions: cultivating specialized talents, developing scientific knowledge and serving the society. The corresponding work is education and teaching, scientific research and various forms of social work.
Cultivating specialized talents is determined by the nature of colleges and universities, and it is the inherent function of college students, and it is constantly changing and improving with the development of society. Research activities existed at the beginning of the establishment of universities, but the function of developing scientific knowledge was marked by the establishment of Berlin University by W. Feng Te Humboldt at the beginning of the 9th century, and was not widely recognized until the end of the 9th century.
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Classification of colleges and universities—
1, colleges and universities
General education is a concept corresponding to adult education, and the difference between them mainly lies in the difference of educational objects and learning forms. The object of general education is mainly teenagers in the growing stage, and it adopts full-time teaching form; As the name implies, the object of adult education is adults, and part-time teaching is generally implemented.
2. Vocational colleges
20 19 February, 19 The revised draft of People's Republic of China (PRC) Vocational Education Law was issued, which changed the concept of "higher vocational schools" to "vocational colleges" alongside "ordinary colleges and universities". The vocational school at undergraduate level is only one level in vocational colleges, and it is the highest level in the current vocational higher education system. ?
3. Adult institutions of higher learning
Adult institutions of higher learning refer to schools that are approved to hold in accordance with national standards and examination and approval procedures, pass the unified entrance examination (adult college entrance examination) for adult institutions of higher learning, recruit employees with ordinary high schools or equivalent academic qualifications as the main training objects, and implement higher education in the form of correspondence, amateur and full-time. Self-taught examination is a form of adult higher education.