On The Social Service Function Of Chinese Research Universities

In the knowledge economy era, the university is a community of scholars, a seat of higher and universal learning, even a power station of social development. A research university is a form of universities as the result of the development of a national science and technology and social productivity to some degree. At the stage of constructing a well-off society in an all-round way, how should research universities develop their social service function in order to complete their historical missions. This is a historic subject for the staff of higher education. So this dissertation attempts to probe into the historical evolution, current situations as well as the dominant forces in the development of Chinese research universities' social service function, which are acquired from the system to the cultural tradition.This dissertation is divided into five parts.The first part is an introduction to the dissertation. It explains the selection of subject's background and the significance of the study, analyses the achievements and shortcomings of the earlier studies on the topic, introduces the train of thought and research methods of the study, and defines the chief concepts and terms used in the dissertation.The second part gives a review to the evolvement of the social functions of universities and analyses the stages of gestation, establishment and development of Chinese universities' social service function.The third part analyses the inner powers in the development of Chinese research universities' social service function which consists of social demands, the model role of foreign research universities, science and technology, governmental interference, cultural traditions and so on. At the same time it also introduces the current developmental conditions of Chinese research universities' social service function, which includesthe main forms and the achievements of social service function.The fourth part deeply analyses problems of research universities' social service of our nation which includes universities itself and society.The fifth part, on the basis of former parts, according to problems of research universities' social service of our nation, some suggestions are put forward on how to optimize the social service function of research universities in our country.