Changes and Enlightenment of the Structure of Private Higher Education in the United States in the 21st Century
Private higher education in the United States plays a leading role in the nation's higher education system.The structure of private higher education in the United States has undergone a number of changes in the 21st century as a result of the intervention of market competition:A hierarchical structure in which the size of associate degrees expands and then shrinks,and the size of graduate students gradually expands;The structure of academic disciplines is rapidly expanding in applied disciplines and slightly decreasing in the share of social sciences;Decline in the form structure after rapid development of full-time and stable development of part-time;And the structure of the management system has seen steady growth in the size of non-profit and a mountainous change in the size of for-profit.To optimize the structure of private higher education in China,the following suggestions are made:Optimize the structure of levels and attach importance to postgraduate education;Adjust the structure of disciplines and specialties to meet the economic development and social needs;Improve the structure of forms and balance full-time and part-time;Guide to optimize the structure of management system and actively explore to promote the classification and management of private colleges and universities;Break the traditional conservative thinking and innovate the ideological concepts of private education in China.
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