SOCIAL SERVICE FUNCTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION

concept,theories and methods of
international education

CONTENTS

1. Introduction..........................................………………………………….1
1.1 Definition of education..........................................………………….. .1
1.2 Definition of higher education..........................................…………….2
1.3 Function of higher education..........................................……………...2
1.4 Social service function of higher education...........................................4
1.5 Purpose of this thesis.............................................................................5
1.6 Structure of the thesis............................................................................5
2. Methodology..........................................………………………………….6
2.1 Reference to relative information..........................................………....6
2.2 Case study..........................................………………………………....6
3. Innovation of higher education and its social service function..................................7
3.1 Innovation of organization and mechanism of universities...................7
3.2 Innovation of social service function of universities.............................8
4. Case study..........................................…………………………………...........10
4.1 Higher education in China..........................................………………..10
4.2 Higher education in Sweden ..........................................……………..12
4.3 Summary ..........................................…………………………………13
5. Conclusion ..........................................……………………………………15
6 Reference…………………………………………………………………..16

Chapter One Introduction

The world has gradually entered a brand new era of knowledge-based economy since the 1990's. Knowledge has thus become the direct prop-up point of social economy and a variety of knowledge and skills that adapt to the development of market economy will become the basic requirement of the labor force. Furthermore，the purpose of people's entry into university is not for the sake of proceeding scholarship any more，but for the acquirement of the continuously renewed knowledge and technical ability .The mission of higher education is, therefore, to cultivate creative talents and to carry out a comprehensively quality- targeted educational programme.
Teachers and students in higher educational institutions play a most active role in the development of high- qualified talents when we are in the face of such an era of knowledge-based economy .So it is very urgent to build up a high-qualified staff. And the concentration on the development of sufficient talents with high quality according to the requirements of the era of knowledge-based economy is the endless incentive to drive the human society forward. This thesis, through a careful analysis of the requirements of knowledge-based economy towards talents, elaborates on the various ways to improve the quality of higher educational institutions.