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• TITLE: Research on the Development of Local Normal Universities Based on the Strategy of “Double First-Class” Construction

  AUTHORS: Xiaotao Lu

  KEYWORDS: Double First-Class, Local Normal University, Challenges, Opportunities, Choose

  JOURNAL NAME: Creative Education, Vol.10 No.7, July 5, 2019

  ABSTRACT: “Double first-class” is the grand strategy of the country to build a powerful country in higher education, which has been paid more and more extensive attention by the academic circle and even the whole society. In this process, the internal structure and external environment of the development of local normal universities also face bran-new opportunities and challenges. The research holds that the orientation of running a school, discipline construction, teaching staff construction, funds for running schools and other aspects are the main challenges faced by local normal universities. But at the same time in top-level policy innovation, direction of differential development, talent flow mechanism improvement, and special fund connection and other opportunities to obtain a rare opportunity. On this basis, the study puts forward four orientations: Highlighting the role of comprehensive normal universities, focusing on the construction of down to earth discipline, paying attention to application-oriented school-running orientation and enhancing the substantive effect of dialogue international, so as to provide optional strategies for the development of local normal universities.