有许多与教育有关的新发展,都是在过去十年左右才出现的。根据对教育现状的观察而作出的推测,也许十年后才能验证。21世纪头十年全球教育的发展,是种种令人措手不及的本质性变化。其变化的速度与幅度,都是前所未有的。以前介绍过,2000～2007年,全球高等教育学生人数由8500万上升到1亿5千万,几乎翻了一番。若是算2009年,增长一定更加惊人,因为许多国家和地区发展高等教育是近两三年才开动的。 There have been many new education-related developments that have taken place in the past decade or so. The speculation based on the observation of the current state of education may not be valid until ten years later. The development of global education in the first decade of the 21st century is an all-embracing and radical change. The speed and magnitude of its change are unprecedented. As introduced before, the number of students in higher education worldwide rose from 85 million to 150 million in 2000-2007, almost doubling. If we count 2009, the growth will certainly be even more alarming, because the development of higher education in many countries and regions started in the last two or three years.