Reflection on Higher Education under the Influence of the Market Economy

The rapid development of market economy has brought huge economic wealth to current society, also brought pragmatism and utilitarianism, which have seriously eroded the development of higher education. Reflections on the functions and purposes of higher education greatly benefit to the development of university. Starting from the connotation of higher education, the author analyzes the problems of higher education, and puts forward three basic functions of higher education, namely "perfection" talent cultivation, the pursuit of truth and inheritance of culture.