Dependency,Reference,Innovation? ——The Road to Constructing the Discipline of China's Higher Education

During the process of globalization, harmony, civilization and co-prosperity is the topic of culture communication and cooperation.According to this question, Dependency Theory gives us an opportunity to reflect on our way of development. In this paper, the author analysis the cause why the Dependency theory spred in the area of Chinese educational research.Whereas, the author points out that the basic concept, standpoint and research method of Dependency Theory need to be discussed;the rationality of mechanically applying Dependency Theory to higher education research should be questioned. We cannot generalize Chinas educational modernization as “dependent development”, or ignore the independent innovation of Chinas education when introducing western educational model in the past hundred years.However, in general, the course of Chinas educational modernization was one of continual learning and innovating, with strong national and indigenous characteristics. As to Chinas higher education discipline, it was born and grew up in China and has always been characterized by a strong native flavor.The authors emphasize that we should further develop cooperation and communication with foreign countries, and absorb advanced civilization accomplishments of human society. In the new century, the two tendencies to “nihilism of nationality” and “selfish departmentalism of nationality” should be avoided in the building of Chinas higher education discipline. The innovation of Chinas higher education discipline will be achieved through inheriting, referencing and exceeding.