依法治校是我国高等教育在当代法治社会的必然选择,是高校发挥其社会功能、促进社会主义法制建设的必然要求。在构建和谐社会主义社会新的历史时期,依法治校具有特别重要的意义。本文着重探讨高等学校依法治校的内涵和途径。 Managing schools according to law is an inevitable choice for our country’s higher education in a contemporary society under the rule of law and an inevitable requirement for colleges and universities to exert their social functions and promote the building of a socialist legal system. In the new historical period of building a harmonious socialist society, the rule of law has a special significance. This article focuses on the connotation and ways of governing the university according to law.