我国高等职业教育相对西方发达国家的职业教育还很落后,相对于传统的高等教育来说,也仅处于起步阶段。目前,对于高等职业教育的培养目标、办学模式等诸多问题人们认识还不一致,但有一点基本达到共识,那就是高等职业教育是职业教育的高层次,又是高等教育的组成部分,它是和以“学术目的为主”的普通高等教育并存于各层次教育中。根据我国经济建设、社会发展及教育改革的实际,发展高等职业教育一定要坚持“三个有利用于”的指导思想:有利于高等教育结构的调整和教育资源的合理利用;有利于中等教育结构的调整和高等职业教育的相互衔接;有利于培养基层和农村需要的高层次实用人才,为区域经济和科教兴业服务。一、发展高等职业教育的重要性高等职业教育是高等教育的重要组成部分,是把科学技术转化为现实生产力的桥梁,是工业化和生产社会化、现代化的重要支柱,对于促进经济和社 The vocational education in higher vocational education in our country is still laggard compared with that in the developed western countries. Compared with the traditional higher education, vocational education in our country is only in its infancy. At present, there is still a lack of consensus among many people about the training objectives and mode of running higher vocational education. However, one thing has basically reached consensus that higher vocational education is a high-level vocational education and an integral part of higher education. The common higher education based on “academic purpose ” coexists in all levels of education. According to the actual situation of China’s economic construction, social development and educational reform, the development of higher vocational education must adhere to the guiding ideology of “three beneficial uses”: it is conducive to the adjustment of the structure of higher education and the rational use of educational resources; The adjustment of educational structure and the interconnection of higher vocational education; is conducive to the training of grass-roots and rural needs of high-level practical talents for the regional economy and the promotion of science and education. I. The Importance of Developing Higher Vocational Education Higher vocational education is an important part of higher education and a bridge that transforms science and technology into practical productive forces. It is an important pillar for industrialization and socialization and modernization of production,