最近召开的第三次全国教育工作会议和《中共中央国务院关于深化教育改革全面推进素质教育的决定》(以下简称《决定》),为我国高等教育的改革与发展开创了新局面。本文试就在高等教育发展与改革的新形势下高等教育自学考试的发展趋势与前景进行探讨。1.高等教育自学考试与高等教育“大众化”《决定》第9条要求,“到2010年,我国同龄人口的高等教育入学率 The Third National Education Work Conference and the Decision of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on Deepening Educational Reform and Promoting Quality-oriented Education in an All-round Way (hereinafter referred to as ”the Decision“) have created a new situation for the reform and development of China’s higher education. This paper tries to explore the development trend and prospect of higher education self-study exam under the new situation of the development and reform of higher education. 1. Higher education self-study exams and higher education ”Popularity “ ”Decision“ Article 9 requires that ”by 2010, the enrollment rate of tertiary education of our country with the same age