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What is a secondary college?
The secondary college is the second level (college system) in the two-level management mode implemented by the university, so it is called the secondary college. The college or department is the most basic teaching and administrative unit that constitutes the university.

Secondary colleges are divided into two different types. First, it refers to the secondary teaching units managed by colleges and universities in ordinary colleges and universities; Second, it refers to an independent secondary college established by ordinary colleges and universities, but operated and managed by a private mechanism, that is, an independent college.

A secondary college is not an independent college. The departments, colleges and departments under the university are the organic units of the school and are managed by the school in a unified way. Although independent secondary colleges are established by public universities, they are operated and managed by private institutions, and their management mode is between public universities and private universities, which is different from secondary colleges under universities.

Related descriptions of secondary colleges

The practice of setting up secondary colleges in colleges and universities is different, but generally it depends on the disciplines: such as liberal arts, law school, science college, medical college, business school, information college and so on. Some are formed by the development of the original department; Some are based on the integration of similar related disciplines in the school; Some schools are merged and integrated according to different disciplines; There are also secondary colleges established according to new disciplines required by social development.

In China, the management system of China's colleges and universities, which began in the 1950s, drew lessons from the former Soviet Union's university administrative management model, and formed a three-level management model of school, department and teaching and research section under the planning background of teaching-oriented universities with narrow majors.

Under the historical conditions at that time, a large number of senior professionals were trained for the country. However, with the development of society and economy, the old management model has obviously not adapted to the development requirements of modern universities. Universities began to try out the college system with two-level colleges as the operating mechanism and two-level management mode, and delegated power to the college, making the college a relatively independent, autonomous and self-developing organization.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Secondary College