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Recently, Li Zhi, an associate professor at the School of Engineering of Peking University, said that his article about entering the school "hurdles" and "running in a race" with security guards has attracted attention on the Internet. Li Zhi believes that this kind of guard management system of Peking University has caused great inconvenience to teachers and students, and there are often long queues in front of the turnstile at the east gate of Peking University during rush hour. Security guards at the entrance are hard work, but this rigid model doesn't apply to universities, and we really want to see security guards who focus more on public spaces on campus than standing at the door.
Chu Zhaohui, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Education Sciences, said in an interview that universities themselves should not be out of touch with society, universities need to draw nutrients from society, and for many citizens, the process of visiting universities and contacting universities is itself a process of improving national literacy, and the two should complement each other.
Chu Zhaohui said that many people think that schools like Peking University and Tsinghua University do not have the conditions to completely open their campuses to the society, which I personally disagree with, after all, there are so many world-famous universities that are more well-known than Tsinghua University and Peking University, which are also open to the society. In the final analysis, it is a problem of management philosophy, in fact, there is no difficulty in practice, many university administrators think that if the campus is not open, the so-called risks will be shielded from the campus, but in fact, the disadvantages of doing so are more, which is equivalent to a certain separation of the university and society.
Hu Gang, a professor at the School of Public Administration at Jinan University, said that the vast majority of colleges and universities are built in cities and are part of the whole city, and colleges and universities often occupy a large area. Hu Gang believes that an open campus can strengthen the ideological connection between schools and society. The university itself is a public resource, and some lectures and courses can be open to ordinary people, which in itself is also a way to promote social progress, and the university should not be closed, which will also cause a disconnect between the university and society.
-- Construction of higher education
Since the 13th Five-Year Plan, the scale of higher education in mainland China has been expanding, and the gross enrollment rate of higher education has steadily increased. In 2020, the total number of students enrolled in various forms of tertiary education in the country reached 41.83 million, with a gross enrollment rate of 54.4%.
In 2020, there were 2,738 colleges and universities in China. Among them, there are 1,270 undergraduate colleges and universities (including 21 vocational schools at the undergraduate level); There are 1,468 higher vocational (junior college) colleges.
-- Funding for higher education continues to increase
With the development of the mainland, it has become a major power in the world. Compared with other developed countries, the disadvantage of the mainland is the shortage of talents, especially in the field of high-precision technology. For the training of high-end talents, the mainland has gradually increased.
According to the 2020 National Education Funding Implementation Statistical Express released by the Ministry of Education, in 2020, the total investment in national education funding was 5,301.4 billion yuan, an increase of 5.65% over the previous year. Among them, the state financial expenditure on education was 4,289.1 billion yuan, an increase of 7.10 percent over the previous year. The total investment in higher education was 1,399.9 billion yuan, an increase of 3.99 percent over the previous year. Among them, the total investment in general higher vocational education was 275.8 billion yuan, an increase of 14.73% over 2019.
– Improving the quality of higher education
According to the Outline of the 14th Five-Year Plan and the Long-Range Objectives Through the Year 2035, during the 14th Five-Year Plan period, the mainland will promote the classified management of higher education and the comprehensive reform of higher education institutions, build a more diversified higher education system, and focus on improving the quality of higher education.
According to the Outline of the 14th Five-Year Plan and the Long-Range Objectives Through the Year 2035, during the 14th Five-Year Plan period, the mainland will continue to improve the quality of higher education, and the gross enrolment ratio of higher education will increase by 60%.
According to the data analysis of the Prospective Industry Research Institute, the proportion of mainland national fiscal education expenditure in GDP reached 4.26% in 2015, and has been declining year by year since then, rising to 4.22% for the first time in 2020. Worldwide, the world average is 4.9% of GDP, 5.1% in developed countries and 4.1% in less developed countries. In contrast, there is still a lot of room for growth in the mainland government's investment in education. It is predicted that by 2026, the mainland's investment in higher education is expected to be close to 2 trillion yuan.
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