一、大学扩大招生的重大机遇与挑战在新旧世纪之交 ,党中央、国务院召开了第三次全国教育工作会议 ,作出了扩大高等学校招生规模的重大决策。其目的意义就是加快我国教育改革和发展的步伐 ,创造有利于全面推进素质教育的环境 ;满足人民群众日益增长的接受高等教育的愿望 ;全面 I. Major Opportunities and Challenges for Enlarging Enrollment by Universities At the turn of the century, the Central Party Committee and the State Council held the Third National Education Work Conference and made major decisions to expand the enrollment of higher education institutions. Its purpose is to speed up the pace of education reform and development in our country and to create an environment conducive to promoting quality education in an all-round way. To meet the people’s growing desire to receive higher education,