The harmonious development of higher education is a main content of harmonious society which is difficult to achieve without the support of equity of higher education. After an analysis of the content and characteristics of equity and harmony of higher education, the close relationship between equity and harmony of higher education is exposed. It is argued that the equity of higher education is the critical support and necessary means of the harmony of higher education, while the harmonious higher education is the principal guarantee and final direction of the equity of higher education. In order to achieve harmonious higher education, the equity of higher education should focus on four aspects: strengthening the concept of educational equity, improving the policy of educational equity, allocating the resources of higher education reasonably, and optimizing the environment of educational equity.