Transformational Development of Universities
LU Caichen
According to the different reference system and learning object, modern higher education in China has undergone three historic transformations since its establishment more than 100 years ago. At the moment, no matter from the concept of higher education, the current situation of the transformation of the society as a whole in our country, or from Chinese economic and social development of high quality, and vision of education modernization by 2035, and even from the fourth industrial revolution, and other countries’ stranglehold on our technology, we need to speed up the pace of the fourth transition, which is necessary for higher education in China to become strong from large. We have been students for more than a hundred years, paying tuition for more than a hundred years, it is time to build our own “model” of higher education. The fourth transition of higher education is different from the past and of great historical significance. It is the transformation from learning other countries to “learning oneself”, the transformation of establishing the localization model of Chinese higher education, and the transformation of Chinese higher education from a big country to a strong country. We should seize the opportunity, do a good job in top-level design, and promote the fourth transition actively. To realize the fourth transition, we need to make directional, holistic, and fundamental changes to the current concept, structure, and operation mode of higher education.