Counterpart support to the western practice of higher vocational education and thinking.doc

Counterpart support to the western practice of higher vocational education and thinking Abstract: Higher education development of China’s east and west there is significant difference between the counterpart support for the promotion of the eastern and western balanced development of higher vocational education has an extremely important significance. The author in order to support the practice of their counterparts in higher vocational colleges as a carrier to support analysis of the characteristics of their counterparts in higher vocational colleges, models, and counterpart support for vocational education in western thinking and recommendations made. Keywords: Higher education; counterpart support; practice; Thinking 1, China’s eastern and western Higher Education Overview In recent years, China’s higher education has made significant achievements. In 2005, the nationwide college entrance 5.04 million people, 4.7 times that in 1998, the gross enrollment rate was 21%, the scale ranks first in the world of higher education who has been popular stage further. However, China’s higher education, there is obviously an unbalanced development of east and west, the western higher education lags far behind the eastern development of higher education. Western China 12 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) land area of 6.867 million square kilometers, accounting for 71.5% of the country’s population of about 370 million, accounting for 28.7%. In 2004, Shanghai, Beijing, the gross enrollment rate of 55% and 52%, entered the stage of popularization of higher education; while the western provinces such as Guizhou, Yunnan, Inner Mongolia and other places, but 10%. This gap reflects China’s eastern and western development of higher education is extremely uneven. In 2004, the National College and University 1731, the eastern region (11 provinces) is 770, accounting for 44.5%; the western region (12 provinces and cities) 409, accounting for 23.6%. Enrollment numb