Evaluation Of Higher Education Financing Volume, Structure And Performance

With the development of economic globalization,the international competition becomes increasingly fierce.The competition in the global scope is not only in economy,politics,military and culture,but also in talents among countries.A steady stream of excellent talents is provided for the country by the higher education of each.Therefore,the higher education is the key to win the international competition.Since the reform and opening-up,China has continuously invested in educational resources.Following the"211 project"and"985 project",the national strategy of"double first-class"construction of universities was implemented in 2015 to continuously enhance the comprehensive strength and international competitiveness of China's higher education.In China,the mode of"elite education"in higher education has gradually changed to that of"mass education"and is about to enter the mode of"universal education".In 2018,38.33 million people of all types of higher education were studying in China,and the gross enrollment rate of higher education reached48.1 percent.^?1?However,the growth in the number of people receiving higher education is to some extent in conflict with the supply of needed resources,because in order to better meet the needs of the educated group as well as ensure the quality of education,universities have to construct enough teaching facilities,equipment,supporting facilities.Self-training and the introduction of excellent teachers are also in need.This puts forward new requirements for universities to further increase the total amount of financing and optimize the financing structure.Despite the economic and social progress and development,financing in universities still mainly relies on traditional funding.They should gradually extend financing methods and channels of their own resources and the social power.But in general,the financing channel of universities in China is relatively single,and the scale of the funding is limited.It is difficult to meet the demand of the reality relative to the rapid development of the education demand.Therefore,it is particularly important to expand and select financing channels in universities,and then to optimize the financing structure.Under the background of transformation of China's economic growth momentum,China's universities'financing scale,structure and mode will also inevitably adjust and change.The traditional higher education financing model can no longer adapt to the needs of the economic transformation.Therefore,under the condition of new economic development environment,diversified financing in universities has become the problem that we must face and solve.Based on this,considering the availability,generality and comparability of data sources,the dissertation selected 76 universities directly under the Ministry of Education related financing data as sample.Through comparing and analyzing universities'directly under the Ministry of Education funds in different periods,different parts of the financing amount,structure and mode,construct the evaluation index system of financing level study,and then evaluate the level of financing in universities.Moreover,a regression analysis was conducted to analyze the financing structure and the financing performance of universities to obtain the objective influence of the financing structure on the financing performance of colleges and universities,including the influence direction and the significant degree of the influence,and analyze the causes of the influence.Furthermore,this dissertation puts forward the financing mode and structure optimization of university funds suitable for China's national conditions,so as to achieve the goal of improving the performance of universities'financing and the quality of universities.Accordingly,the universities mentioned in this dissertation refer to the universities directly under the ministry of education.The main research content structure is as follows:Chapter?,introduction.This dissertation mainly expounds the research background,research purpose,research significance,relevant research literature review,research methods,technical route,data source,research content and structure,innovation and problems to be studied,and proposes the research direction and ideas for the dissertation.Chapter?,the definition of related concepts and the theoretical basis.Concepts such as universities directly under the Ministry of Education,financing,internal financing,and external financing are defined.And theories such as human capital theory,cost-sharing theory,pecking order theory of financing and performance management theory are analyzed in detail.Chapter?,an analysis of the evolution of the volume,structure and mode of the financing for university running funds.This chapter mainly analyzes the evolution of the volume,the structure and the mode of the financing for university running funds;and illustrates the characteristics,main financing channels and existing problems of university financing in China.Chapter?,a comparative analysis of the volume,structure and mode of the financing for university running funds based on regional distribution.A comparative analysis of the volume,structure and mode of the financing for university running funds is performed in accordance with the economic regional layout of the eastern,central,western,and northeastern regions.The causes of the differences are discussed as well.Chapter?,the construction and assessment of the evaluation index system for the university financing level.This chapter puts forward the principles of the evaluation index system of the university financing level,and constructs the evaluation index system accordingly;determines the evaluation objects and data sources;draws comparison and adaptive selection among methods such as entropy method,variation coefficient method and correlation degree analysis.According to the evaluation index system,the university financing level of the whole nation,the eastern region,the central region,the western region and the northeast region is evaluated respectively.Chapter?,the analysis of influencing factors of the university financing performance.Based on the conclusions drawn in Chapter 5,this chapter conducts a regression analysis of the financing structure and financing performance of university funds;respectively from the national,eastern,central,western and northeast levels,this chapter draws the objective influence of financing structure on the financing performance of university funds,which includes the direction and effect of the influence.Furthermore,the causes of this influence are analyzed.Chapter?,ways for universities to diversify and expand running funds and improve financing performance.Based on the evolution analysis,spatial comparison and research,as well as empirical analysis and conclusions of the total amount,structure,and mode of the financing for university running funds mentioned before,this chapter proposes the idea that in terms of the government,increasing financial allocation for universities and improving corresponding modalities should be seriously considered and actively explored;in terms of the university,widening financing channel for running funds and perfecting the internal matching mechanism are necessary;in terms of the society,the concept of social cooperation in education needs to be cultivated positively.Chapter?,conclusion,a summary of the full text.