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阿特巴赫的中心一边缘理论将世济高等教育场域划分为中心国家与边缘国家。但是，该理论在事实层面忽略了中心内部的差异性，在理论层面无法解释世界高等教育体系的美国化趋势。从高等教育规模和高等教育质量两大：维度出发，选取若干关键指标进行比较分析，可将世界高等教育划分为五大梯队。其中，处在第一梯队的美国在当今世界高等教育体系中处于绝对领先地位，其高等教育制度在世界范围内的影响不断上升并成为世界各国学习的范本。美国的成功源自其在借鉴他国经验基础上的制度创新，因此中国要成为高等教育强国，应注重探索高等教育的中国模式，在制度上形成比较优势。
아특파혁적중심일변연이론장세제고등교육장역화분위중심국가여변연국가。단시，해이론재사실층면홀략료중심내부적차이성，재이론층면무법해석세계고등교육체계적미국화추세。종고등교육규모화고등교육질량량대：유도출발，선취약간관건지표진행비교분석，가장세계고등교육화분위오대제대。기중，처재제일제대적미국재당금세계고등교육체계중처우절대령선지위，기고등교육제도재세계범위내적영향불단상승병성위세계각국학습적범본。미국적성공원자기재차감타국경험기출상적제도창신，인차중국요성위고등교육강국，응주중탐색고등교육적중국모식，재제도상형성비교우세。
Altbach＇s center-periphery theory divided the worldwide higher education sys- tem into center countries and periphery countries. The theory ignores internal differences a- mong center countries at the empirical level and cannot explain the trend of Americanization of the worldwide higher education at the theoretical level. Based on the scale and quality of higher education, this study tries to divide the worldwide higher education system into five echelons. As a country in the first echelon, United States is the absolute leader in the world- wide higher education system, so, its system is imitated by many countries. To become a world-leader in higher education, China must explore the Chinese model of higher education and build up its comparative advantage.