一、高等函授教育的特点和作用 高等函授教育是采用函授方式进行教学的一种高等教育。目前我部的函授教育,实行以高等院校为主,由高等院校和企、事业单位协作办学的领导体制。学校通过在各企、事业单位设立函授站,对分散的函授生进行教学管理;函授生以自学为主、业余为主,采用分散自学和集中面授相结合的方式修学各门课程。函授本科学制五～六年,专科学制三～四年。本、专科函授毕业水平相当于普通全日制本科四年和专科二年的学业水平。函授院 First, the characteristics and role of higher correspondence education Higher correspondence education is the use of correspondence to teach a higher education. At present, my department’s correspondence education implements a leadership system that is mainly run by institutions of higher learning and run by institutions of higher learning and enterprises and public institutions. Through the establishment of correspondence stations in various enterprises and institutions, the school conducts teaching management on scattered correspondence students. Correspondence students focus on self-study and amateurism, and adopt various methods such as decentralized self-study and centralized face-to-face teaching. Correspondence undergraduate school system five to six years, college system three to four years. This, college diploma correspondence equivalent to full-time undergraduate four years and junior college academic level. Correspondence school