A Study On The Long-Trem Operating Mechanism Of University Counterpart Support

The Ministry of Education issued<the Circular of Implementing Counterpart Support Plan about the Western Universities>(Department of Higher Education [2001]2) on May 2001.Plan of University Counterpart Support was officially launched. For decades, the program has made great achievements in the implementation. However, in the operation, problems of insignificant targets, insufficient running force, poor coordination, lack of constraint mechanism and others influenced the efficient running of the plan in the long term. Therefore, constructing a long-term operation mechanism is particularly urgent.This dissertation aims at revealing that how to construct a long-term operation mechanism, which is as follows:First of all, it is necessary to analyze the causes and significance of implementing the plan of University Counterpart Support. The implementation of the plan is requested by the talent demand of "Through Science and Education Strategy" and "Western Development Strategy". It is also the needs of changing the situation of the imbalanced development between eastern and western universities. Such implementation, which provides the propulsion to the development of western universities, has a positive and practical significance of playing the comparative advantages of eastern and western universities and achieving win-win cooperation. With the constant practical improvement, University Counterpart Support which can help backward regions in our country develop higher education has become a major institutional innovation. It has far-reaching theoretical significance in further improving the quality of higher education, promoting our higher education to develop comprehensively, cooperatively and continuously. Not to mention that equitable education can be achieved.Secondly, based on the theory of "Management by Objectives" and "Sustainability in Higher Education", this dissertation takes "the plan of University Counterpart Support in Guangxi" as a case, focusing on investigating and analyzing the operational status of Qinzhou College which is the counterpart of Guangxi University and finding problems in the running program.Finally, this dissertation is tried to show how to constructing a long-term operation mechanism from the four aspects such as target system, power system, coordination and restraint mechanisms:First, target system. Under the guidance of the government, participation of both sides of the universities and the government in which recipient universities exists (in the next content, writes it as "the local government") should be added in the progress of formulating the political target of university counterpart support. Meanwhile, the target will be decomposed from the dimensions of both time and content, highlighting the focal point.Second, power system. "The special fund of University Counterpart Support" should be set up to lead both sides of the universities to understand the working highlights and cooperation program. Based on the agreed application, the special support was given by "the special fund". It encourages both sides of the universities to strengthen the cooperation between them and the local government. Then, injecting a powerful impetus for university counterpart support to play their respective comparative advantages and build a platform of win-win cooperation.Third, coordination mechanism. For the external part, the relationships which are relevant policies and policies of university counterpart support, the local government and "government-support universities-aided universities" should be cooperated, seeking for more supports; For the internal part, "Gravitation Downscaling" and current coordination mechanism should be further improved, promoting the work of university counterpart support to go deep into discipline(project) and discipline(project) and decreasing the links of cooperation. Owing to what mentioned above can guarantee the program to run auspiciously, increasing the efficiency.Fourth, restraint mechanism. Supervision and evaluation mechanisms should be set up to enhance the supervision for the work of university counterpart support. "Responsibilities ascertained" and "rewards and punishments" mechanisms should be established. In the system of "government-support universities-aided universities", the target of university counterpart support should be ascertained for everyone.To sum up, this study raised a long-term operation mechanism which saw government as a dominant, both sides of the universities as a subject, the special fund of university counterpart support as a guide, receiving supports from the local government.