On the Demand of Regional Economic Development for Higher Education Development under the New Economic Normal

Abstract

Under the background of economic new normal, the interaction between regional economy and higher education is more and more obvious. The local cities of Jiangsu Province are late developing areas of higher education. There are still some problems in the coordinated development of regional economy and higher education, such as slow development of higher education, backward overall development level, single investment subject of higher education, insufficient school running funds, mismatch between professional structure and economic and industrial structure, imbalance of teaching staff structure and relatively weak teaching staff. With the rapid development of local economy and society, the macro-economic situation of stimulating domestic demand has brought opportunities for accelerating the development of local higher education. It also needs all kinds of talents as support. The change of industrial structure needs the adjustment of higher education structure. The effective measures to solve these problems are to raise funds from multiple channels, increase investment in higher education, attach great importance to the relationship between higher education and the coordinated development of regional economy, optimize the professional structure of colleges and universities to adapt to the adjustment of regional industrial structure, improve the quality of higher education and promote the optimal allocation of higher education resources.