Research on the Transformation, Development and Improvement of Higher Education in Third-tier Cities of China

Wenjian Bi

Taizhou Institute of Sci.& Tech., NUST, Taizhou, 225300, China

Abstract: Over the past 10 years, higher education in third-tier cities has went through the process of scale development and entered the new intensive development stage. Faced with new requirements in the transformation to modern vocational education and new changes of industry background, universities and colleges in third-tier cities have some difficulties in quality and ability of teaching staff, industrial connection in discipline and specialty, enterprise development pushed by talent and intelligence and so on. Therefore, it is supposed to carry out “Take root in mainland, fit in industry, open and inosculate, establish school on culture” strategy, and push all-round transformation in faculty structure, way of resource distribution, the foundation and construction of discipline and specialty, connotation of talent training, direction of scientific research and social work, mode of culture construction and college management system

Keywords: Third-tier Cities; Higher Education; Transformation and Development