From the Extensive Development to the Connotative Development:The Value Change of China Higher Education in the Transition Period

The extensive development and the connotative development had their own value,nature and the developmental idea.The extensive development of higher education followed the external logic,realized the external object,and was subject to the external need;the connotative development of higher education followed the internal logic,realized the internal object,and was subject to its own need.From this perspective,it could found that the history of China higher education was the extensive development process.Changing from the extensive development to the connotative development meant to return to higher education itself.To promote the connotative development of higher education,it should follow the theory of connotative development,uphold the principles of people-orientation,quality first and academic priority,deepen the reform and commit to the construction of modern university system.