The Transfer and Characteristics of World Higher Education Centers in the Evolution of Science and Technology
Every science and technology(S&T)revolution inevitably accompanies the great development of higher education,and each great development of higher education will further promote new breakthroughs in the S&T revolution.Throughout the history of S&T revolution and higher education development,it can be found that the world higher education centers have undergone a transfer process from Europe to North America,and have shown a new trend of multi-center development in the context of a new round of S&T revolution.Among them,the first S&T revolution replaced manual labor with machines,leading the internal and external changes in higher education,and laying the foundation for the modem university theme centered around Europe.In the second S&T revolution which was marked by the widespread application of electrical appliances,universities became the main battlefield.Germany and the United States were leading the development of world science and technology,leading to the shift of world higher education center.The third S&T revolution took information technology,new energy technology,and other breakthroughs.The United States became the world higher education center where international talents gather.The strategic coordination mechanism of government-industry-university-research,which deeply interacts with technology and education,became a new direction of transformation.In the new round of S&T revolution,China is rapidly rising,and a multi-center pattern has become a trend of the times.Efforts to become a major scientific center and innovation highland in the world have become a common strategic goal for China to achieve its innovation driven development strategy and education power strategy.From the perspective of evolutionary characteristics,the relationship between S&T revolution and higher education has gone through a systematic process from one-way promotion to two-way linkage.The formation of world higher education centers presents a dynamic historical feature,influenced by multiple factors within and outside the education system.In the new era,competition among countries is intensifying,and the strategic position of higher education in national development and technological innovation is further highlighted.The development of higher education in the world is showing a situation of competition and coexistence.The emerging countries led by China have gradually moved from the periphery to the center in the two-way interaction between S&T revolution and higher education,becoming an important force leading the development of world higher education.
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