A Strategic Choice for the High-quality Development of Higher Education in Western China under the Background of Chinese Modernization
The high-quality development of higher education in the western part of China is crucial to the construction of a higher education country and the process of Chinese-style modernization.The Chi-nese-style modernization also enlightens the high-quality development of western higher education from the significance of methodological and epistemological innovation,and it is necessary to change from the small pattern of"catch-up thinking"of its own development to the large pattern of"irreplaceable thinking"of serving the economy and society,and take a modernization road characterized by differentiated develop-ment,special development and characteristic development.For a long time,due to the constraints of the re-gional socio-economic development level and the influence of the layout of higher education,the gap be-tween the"longboard"elements of the universities in the east,middle and west in the construction of first-class academic disciplines,the construction of national platforms and the attraction of high-level talents are further widening rather than narrowing.The original"long board"elements of western universities are in a clearly disadvantaged position,and the"longboard"has become the relative significance of the"short-board".In the face of multiple problems of the western higher education in the discipline construction and transformation and development,scientific and technological innovation platform supply structure,the order of attracting high-level innovative talents and so on,to solve the dilemma of high-quality development of higher education in the western region,it is urgent to build confidence in the development by filling the gaps,and to build an integrated"one body and two wings"to promote the overall rise of higher education in the western region.To deepen the construction of a new round of"first-class disciplines"in western u-niversities,it is necessary to support discipline construction with classified development,improve discipline quality with distinctive development,enhance service capabilities with cluster development,strengthen top-level planning,cross integration,structural optimization,and social functions of discipline construction,and reconstruct a new ecological system for the development of disciplinary innovation clusters;by connecting the top-level design with the bottom layer,a systematic and holistic technology innovation platform of"points,groups,and domains"is formed,and a strategic cornerstone for the high-quality development of higher education in the western region is constructed,forming a new strategic integration platform pattern;by emphasizing the combination of"external recruitment"and"internal training"of talents,the"gathering power"of attracting talents in western higher education institutions will be stimulated,and the"initiative"of talent driven innovation in western universities will be activated,providing effective talent support for building a new development pattern of western higher education,and cultivating a first-class independent and self-strengthening talent formation.
Chinese modernizationa leading country in higher educationwestern higher educationhigh-quality developmentdiscipline construction