我国高等教育国际化的若干问题

1高等教育国际化的历史渊源高等教育国际化的概念至今并无确定的说法,高等教育国际化通常是指跨国界、跨民族、跨文化的高等教育交流与合作,即一个国家面向世界,发展本国高等教育的思想理论、国际化活动以及与国外高校开展的相互交流与合作。     

从美国的高等教育国际化看中国高等教育的战略选择

世界经济一体化推进了全球高等教育国际化的迅猛发展。美国作为高等教育国际化的领跑者,其国际化已历经百年的发展,经验丰富,硕果累累。借鉴美国高等教育国际化的先进经验,从教学、科研、社会服务这一高等教育的社会职能进行分析,力图寻求一套符合我国国情的高等教育国际化之路,以使我国高等教育发展符合当下和未来人才培养的需求,更好地满足我国生态和谐的现代化建设。     

大学教育国际化视角下的学术职业

在世界高等教育日益国际化的今天,处于高等教育核心地位的学术职业也面临国际化的要求,但同时也必须认识到:国际化不等于全球化,国际化不等于西方一极化.学术职业市场需要国际化,学术工作内容要求国际化,学术职业性质要求国际化与本土化相结合.     

加入WTO应对国际贸易非关税壁垒的法治之策

随着加人WTO和经济全球化进程加快,国际贸易中的非关税壁垒措施和力度有着不断增强的趋势,这对于我国企业实施国际化经营及国内市场国际化发展均是一个严峻的挑战.多年来,发达国家在总体不违背WTO法律规定的前提下,纷纷制定本国有关法律法规,实施贸易保护主义,限制本国高新技术转让和其他产品进口,运用非关税贸易壁垒,阻止国外产品进入,以保护本国企业与经济竞争.经对我国企业面临的国际经营现状与发展研究,突出存在技术壁垒、环保壁垒、反倾销壁垒和知识壁垒等四大国际贸易非关税壁垒问题,亟待采取法治应对之策加以解决,推进我国加入WTO后国际化经济的健康发展.     

德国高等教育国际化的启示

德国的教育,曾经有人说是振兴民族的奥秘。德国高等教育国际化是德国与英、美等国高校抢夺留学生市场,扩大国际影响力的一个重要举措,以此推动欧洲国家教育一体化进程。德国高等教育国际化,对于中国高等教育国际化和大学外语教学具有一定的启发作用。     

德国高等教育国际化的启示

德国的教育,曾经有人说是振兴民族的奥秘。德国高等教育国际化是德国与英、美等国高校抢夺留学生市场,扩大国际影响力的一个重要举措,以此推动欧洲国家教育一体化进程。德国高等教育国际化,对于中国高等教育国际化和大学外语教学具有一定的启发作用。     

大学教育国际化视角下的学术职业

在世界高等教育日益国际化的今天，处于高等教育核心地位的学术职业也面临国际化的要求，但同时也必须认识到：国际化不等于全球化，国际化不等于西方一极化。学术职业市场需要国际化，学术工作内容要求国际化，学术职业性质要求国际化与本土化相结合。     

基于中外合作办学的金融学专业人才培养模式研究

经济全球化大大加快了高等教育的国际化步伐,实施中外合作办学已经成为目前高校引进优质国外教育资源的重要途径。在总结国内外学者对高校中外合作办学人才培养的基础上,结合本国国情和金融学专业特点,阐述了金融学专业中外合作办学人才培养的重要性,并对中外合作办学金融学专业人才培养中存在的问题进行详细分析,最后从四个方面,即引进国外办学观念、办学模式和办学机制、教师国际化、教材国际化及学生国际化,提出了国际化金融学专业人才培养的具体模式。     

留学生市场的快速增长对我国高等教育国际化发展战略的要求

中国一直以来是提供全球国际留学生源的主要大国之一,却在高等教育服务输出方面与发达国家存在较大差距。随着近年来国际留学生数量的不断快速增长,本文从高等教育和科技发展、经济发展、人才储备三个方面探讨高等教育国际化对国家发展的促进作用,并分析加快发展在华外国留学生教育对我国高等教育国际化发展战略的要求。     

浙江省高等教育国际化路径探析

伴随着浙江高等教育和对外经济的跨越式发展,浙江的高等教育国际化步伐也在不断加快,但与北京、上海、江苏等相比,存在国际化水平总体不高,各层次和类型的高校国际化发展不平衡等问题。在总结浙江高等教育国际化发展现状的基础上,系统分析了浙江高等教育国际化分类发展的依据和原则,最后对浙江的研究型高校、教学研究型及教学型高校、高职高专类院校等三类高校分别提出切实可行的国际化发展应对策略。试图为浙江高等教育国际化全面、均衡发展提供新的思路和建议。     

Students' Reactions to the Introduction of Videoconferencing for Classroom Instruction

This study examined how students who had no prior experience with videoconferencing would react to the use of videoconferencing as an instructional medium. Students enrolled in seven different courses completed a questionnaire at the beginning of the semester and again at the end of the semester. Students at the origination and remote sites did not differ in their reactions toward videoconferencing but there was a significant difference for gender. Women reacted less favorably to videoconferencing. Compared to the beginning of the semester, students reported significantly less positive attitudes toward taking a course through videoconferencing at the end of the semester. There were no significant differences in students' attitudes toward videoconferencing across courses at the beginning of the semester but there were significant differences across the courses at the end of the semester. The results suggest the need for better preparation for both students and instructors.     

Cooler temperatures inductive to locust outbreaks

Ajoint study by Prof. ZHANG Zhibin from the CAS Institute of Zoology and his co-workers from Norway, US and Swiss have indicated that historical outbreaks of migratory locusts in China were associated with cold spells, suggesting that China＇s projected climate warming could decrease the pest＇s numbers. The study was published in Proceedings of theNational Academy of Sciences on 17 September, 2007.     

Exploring Multiplexity: Social Network Structures in a Computer-Supported Distance Learning Class

A computer-mediated group is a complex entity whose members exchange many types of information via multiple means of communication in pursuit of goals specific to their environment. Over time, they coordinate technical features of media with locally enacted use to achieve a viable working arrangement. To explore this complex interaction, a case study is presented of the social networks of interactions and media use among members of a class of computer-supported distance learners. Results show how group structures associated with project teams dominated who communicated with whom, about what, and via which media over the term, and how media came to occupy their own communication niches: Webboard for diffuse class-wide communication; Internet Relay Chat more to named others but still for general communication across the class; and e-mail primarily for intrateam communication. Face-to-face interaction, occurring only during a short on-campus session, appears to have had a catalytic effect on social and emotional exchanges. Results suggest the need to structure exchanges to balance class-wide sharing of ideas with subgroup interactions that facilitate project completion, and to provide media that support these two modes of interaction.     

Low doses of a red wine ingredient figh diabetes in mice

Aresearch group led by Prof. ZHAI Qiwei from the Institute for Nutritional Sciences under the CAS Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences has discovered that even relatively low doses of resveratrol--a chemical found in the skins of red grapes and in red wine--can improve the sensitivity of mice to the hormone insulin, according to a report in the October,2007 issue of Cell Metabolism. As insulin resistance is often characterized as the most critical factor contributing to the development of Type 2 diabetes, the findings“provide a potential new therapeutic approach for preventing or treating” both conditions, the researchers said.     

The Role of Intermediating Institutions in the Diffusion of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI): How Industry Associations Intervened in Denmark, Finland, and Hong Kong

Electronic data interchange (EDI) provides means for interorganizational communication, creates network externalities, requires an advanced information technology (IT) infrastructure, and relies on standards. In the diffusion of such innovations, institutional involvement is imperative. Such institutions contain governmental agencies, national and global standardization organizations, local government, and nonprofit private organizations like industry associations. The last type of organizations we call intermediating institutions. They intermediate or coordinate ("inscribe") the activities of a group of would-be adopters. Unfortunately, little is known of how these organizations shape the EDI diffusion trajectory. In this article we examine one specific type of intermediating organizations?industry associations?and how they advanced the EDI diffusion process in the grocery sectors of Hong Kong, Denmark and Finland. We identify six institutional measures, placed into a matrix formed by the mode of involvement (influence vs. regulation) and the type of diffusion force (supply push vs. demand pull), that can be mobilized to further the EDI diffusion. Industry associations were found to be active users of all these measures to varying degrees. Their role was critical especially in knowledge building, knowledge deployment, and standard setting. Furthermore, institutional involvement varied due to policy and cultural contingencies and power dependencies.     

How Electronic Publishers are Protecting Against Piracy: Doubts About Technical Systems of Protection

The increasing prospects of digital piracy has prompted the perceived need by electronic publishers to adopt technical systems of protection, and governments to reform their copyright laws. This article is a preliminary study of the management of intellectual property by electronic publishers, defined as those involved in the production of online databases, and CD-ROMs. It focuses on three main issues: (1) how electronic publishers view the increasing threat of piracy; (2) the methods of protection employed to protect intellectual property in digital format; and (3) the importance of technological protection of intellectual property in electronic publications. The analysis is based on a sample of 23 UK electronic publishers. The interviews revealed an interesting assortment of protection methods and did not show that technological protection was a preferred way. Instead, the means of protection, in addition to copyright law, comprised niche markets, pricing, trust, bad publicity, and nontechnical and technical means.     

Rough Justice: A Statistical Assessment of ICANN's Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy

Long-standing conflict between domain name registrants and trademark holders prompted the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to create a global, mandatory arbitration procedure known as the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). The UDRP has been used in 2166 cases involving 3938 domain names as of 1 November 2000. The policy gives the initiator of a complaint, generally a trademark holder, the right to choose which ICANN-accredited dispute resolution service provider (RSP) will handle the case. During the preparation of the UDRP,some feared that complainant selection would lead to "forum shopping" that might bias the results. This article performs a statistical assessment of the forum-shopping thesis and finds support for it. There are statistically significant differences in the various RSPs' propensity to take away names from defendants; there are also major differences in the number of cases brought to each RSP. RSPs who take away names have the larger share of cases. The study examines other variables that might explain differences in market share, such as price, the plaintiff's nationality, or the time taken to decide a case. It finds that nationality and time also are correlated with market share. The study concludes that shopping for a favorable outcome is an important factor in the UDRP.     

Prevalence of soft neurological signs in Chinese people

Prof. Raymond C.K. Chen, a neuropsychologist with the CAS Institute of Psychology, has made novel progress in his studies of schizophrenia. His work has been reported by a recent issue of Behavioural Neurology.     

Molecular motor assembly of a biomimetic system

Active biological molecules and functional structures can be fabricated into a bio-mimetic system by using molecular assembly method. Such materials can be used for the drug delivery, disease diagnosis and therapy, and new nanodevice construction.     

Monoculture Rubber Plantations Have Negative Ef ects on Controlling Splash Erosion

<正>In Xishuangbanna,one of China’s most biodiverse regions,landscape has changed dramatically during the past three decades due to the conversion of tropical rainforest to rubber plantations.In steep areas,terraces are often constructed before planting rubber trees,which causes two important changes in the soil:the destabilization of soil in the bench terraces and the increased vulnerability of unvegetated riser faces to erosion.Few studies have documented the nature and intensity of erosion on bench terraces.Prof.LIU Wenjie and his colleagues from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden(XTBG)conducted a study in Menglun County(21°5′39″N,101°15′55″E),Xishuangbanna to evaluate the influence