This paper explores the effect of globalization on the community college in China's two systems -Hong Kong and the mainland, and the extent to which globalization was resisted in the implementation of the American community college model. It also assesses the future prospects of the community colleges in these two regions, especially in terms of the values of democracy and equality that helped sustain it in the United States.
本文旨在探討在全球化的影響下，中國兩個不同制度的地區，即大陸與香港在實踐以美式社區學院為楷模的概況。同時亦評估這些社區學院在兩地區的未來發展，特別是對民主價值及平等理念等，而這些觀念向來都是美國社區學院所珍視的辦學理念。
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在全球經濟一體化下，持續教育提供了一個提升及保持個人競爭力的出路，在過去十年，很多香港人透過持續教育提升學歷，甚至取得大學學位或以上資格。香港經濟轉向知識型，為配合此結構性的經濟轉型，政府於2001年提出要在10年內將適齡的大專教育參與率提升到60%，預期增長部分主要來自在2000年引入香港的副學士學位課程。各院校已承諾所開辦的副學士學位課程需符合一個通用指標，而政府亦帶頭承認了畢業生就業的資歷，至於私人機構對這新制度則有待逐步接納。
Continuing education provides an avenue to increase and maintain competitiveness of individuals within the context of economic globalization. During the past decade, many people in Hong Kong have substantially raised their education attainment, including at degree level and beyond, through continuing education. The Government proposed to increase the participation rate of post-secondary education of the relevant age group to 60% within the next ten years in response to the structural change of the economy to a knowledge-based one. It is expected the increase will be from the Associate Degree sector, which has been introduced in Hong Kong in 2000. A common set of descriptors for the Associate Degree has been agreed upon and the Government has taken the lead in recognizing its value for employment purposes, while recognition by the private sector it is estimated to be a gradual process.
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2004年10月，教育統籌局發表了《改革高中及高等教育學制—對未來的投資》文件，提出「334學制」建議，香港社會上對此非關心，引起了廣泛的討論。本文從世界和香港學制的變化，談到今天「334學制」的變革問題。文章就學制擬訂的原則、世界學制的主流與特點、近期歐洲大學學制的新動向、中國近百年學制的演變等方面，提供了一些歷史發展資料，從而結合今天香港的實際環境，分析新世紀「334學制」的好處和挑戰。
October, 2004, the Education and Manpower Bureau published a report titled "Reforming the Academic Structure for Senior Secondary Education and Higher Education --Actions for Investing in the Future", suggesting a new academic structure of "334" for Hong Kong, which immediately aroused great social concern and extensive public discussion on the on the issue. Based upon changes in the academic structures of Hong Kong and other parts of the world, the writer attempts to discuss the issues arising from the adoption of the new "334" academic structure. This article supplies valuable historical reference materials on the underlying principles of an academic structure, the main characteristics of various academic structures in other parts of the world, the recent trends of academic structures in universities in Europe, and the changes and reforms on the academic structures in China since the last century. It also analyses the advantages and challenges brought by the new structure for Hong Kong.
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