【摘要】 对国家高等教育发展进行评价是一个亟待推进的研究领域，具有重要的理论意义和实践价值。科学评价高等教育发展状态和程度，不仅是我国教育强国建设的要求，也是世界各国普遍关注的问题。系统梳理国际经验后发现，当前高等教育发展评价大致呈现嵌套、包含、独立三种主要结构，而不同的结构对高等教育的定位也不同。这些评价实践显示，高等教育发展已经被纳入各种社会发展评价之中，其多维价值正在显现，但是其系统性和独立性仍有待提升，适配高等教育发展独特性的评价框架仍有待建构。有鉴于此，结合“世界高等教育发展指数”的研制过程，未来应在评价定位、指标选择、评价技术等方面进一步深入研究，以便为推进和完善指数研制奠定基础。更多还原

【Abstract】 The evaluation of national higher education development is an urgently needed research field of considerable theoretical and practical value. Rigorous assessment of higher education’s status and level, is imperative not only for China’s endeavor to build a leading country in education, but also as a shared global concern. Through a systematic review of international experience, this study identifies three dominant evaluative structures—nested, inclusive, and independent, each positioning higher education differently. These evaluations shows that national higher education increasingly embedded in social development assessments, its multidimensional value gradually visible. Yet its systematic coherence and autonomy remain weak, and evaluative frameworks attuned to its unique developmental features are still lacking. In view of this, the paper draws on the World Higher Education Development Index’s formulation to propose deeper research into evaluative positioning, indicator selection, and assessment methodology, thereby grounding the index’s future advancement and refinement.更多还原