Level Of Private Higher Education Promotion Strategy

As The national platform for medium and long term educational reform and development plan (2010-2020) goes:"Private education is important for the development of education and an important force to promote education reform." As one important source of private higher education in China, Shaanxi Province occupies an important position in the history of the development of private higher education in China. But there are indications that the development of private colleges reached the plateau phase. According to field research of the existing18private colleges in Shaanxi province, the symptoms are:development trends decaying and living space increasingly being cramped, future destiny difficult to measure. Therefore, how to improve the level of private colleges under the new situation and make them get out of plateau as soon as possible becomes the current hot and difficult points of the study both in theoretical and practical fields of private higher education.This research integrating system theory, sustainable development theory and stakeholder theory, combing literature research method, theory analysis method, and fieldwork method and Delphi method together, by interview and questionnaire investigation, define the concept of the private colleges running level and elements systematically, provides specific strategies about improving the running level of private colleges on the basis which is systematical elaboration and analysis on current running level of Shaanxi private colleges and existing problems and the causes. The main points are as follows:First, this paper constructs an analysis framework of the running level of private colleges. Through giving the concept of the running level of private colleges, it points out that the level of private colleges is determined by five core elements:the values of the colleges, training of talents, the construction of teaching staff, internal management, and effectiveness of school running. In accordance with the above five core elements, it constructs a five-dimensional structure model for the running level of priate colleges and also provides a framework for follow-up studies.Secondly, it gives a systematical analysis of the development progress, achievements and characteristics of private colleges in Shaanxi Province. These private colleges have experienced the following periods:the assistant organization of self-study examination, higher education diploma examination, implementation phase of undergraduate education and postgraduate education. Development of priate colleges of Shaanxi Province achieves the leap-forward development from small to big, from weak to strong and from low level to high level, which becomes a great part of Shaanxi higher education and is called "Shaanxi Phenomenon" of national priate higher education.Thirdly, it scans the problems and causes of running level of private colleges in Shaanxi. By using analysis framework, selecting representative private colleges and the methods such as fieldwork, analysis of the situation of the level and existing problems of these private colleges. In terms of the values of the colleges, the running concept or values are vague, running positioning is misconduct, and campus culture is indifferent. As to training of talents, training target and practice can not match each other, the structure of professions has not been reasonably set, and talents' quality is low. As for the construction of teaching staff, teachers'structure is not reasonable, teaching team is not stable, and management is not perfect. About internal management, the administration is not scientific enough, teaching management is not not professional, students management has the problems of too much management and too little teaching. As to effectiveness of school running, increasing shortage of running funds, deflection of running fund, and ignoring social and personal benefits.Fourthly, this thesis makes analysis of the factors that restrict and affect the improvement of running level. From macro level of view, due to students' number atrophy and decreasing quality, unsound transformation period market economy, and bondage of traditional social concep; from middle level of view, due to defection of policy-making, ineffective implementation of policy and existing problems in government management; from micro-level of view, interests-orientated motivation of private colleges, imperfect corporate governance structure, and low personnel quality of management.Fifthly, it provides specific strategies in improving the running level of private colleges in the new era. The promotion of private higher education running level needs to build the overall picture of reform and the cooperation of government, community and private colleges. Specifically, first is to perfect system design, straightened out the legal status of private colleges, implement classified management mechanism, and make sound market mechanism; second is to make education values improved, weaken profit-orientated thought, innovate the mode of talent training; third is to strengthen construction of teachers' team, strengthen college-owned teachers'team construction, perfect teachers management, assessment and incentive, and improve teachers'life conditions; fourth is to perfect governance structure, establish modern university system and establish governance mode of more participation, collaborate development; fifth is to strengthen financial aid, which should be included into public financial framework, and this can help to improve the quality and cultivation features of these private colleges.