Research On Current Governance Issues Of Running Branch Campuses Of Chinese Undergraduate Universities In Other Cities

In recent years,local governments have paid more and more attention to the development of higher education in China,so they had cooperated with some famous universities to run branch campuses in other cities.However,there were some troubles when they running branch campuses in practice.After the honeymoon of local governments and universities,the breakdown of partnerships and the crisis of trust have emerged.Governance issues of running branch campuses in other cities are main reasons.Solving the problem of governance in running branch campuses in other cities has become an urgent issue for the current development of Chinese undergraduate universities.Through collecting and sorting out documents and materials on running branch campuses in other cities and their governance at home and abroad,the paper analyzes the current process and main features of running branch campuses of Chinese undergraduate universities in other cities,and using a case of Zhoushan campus of Zhejiang University and exploring its governance issues.Then,the paper propose effective strategies to solve the problem of governance.The study finds that running branch campuses of Chinese undergraduate universities in other cities had entered the third phase of development.The number of Chinese undergraduate universities running branch campuses is larger than before and there were significant differences among different regions.The construction patterns are mainly based on new built campuses,and partially based on merged and replaced campuses.The running patterns are based on setting branch campuses within a province,and partially based on setting branch campuses in other provinces and countries.The non-key university accounts for a considerable proportion of all the university which is running branch campuses,but the key university has obvious advantages in setting branch campuses in other provinces and countries.The major orient to localization,and focus on front field of science and interdisciplinary and internationalization.The governance issues is including four aspects: first,the governance concept is not clear,which is emphasizing control,centralization,and efficiency.The concept of governance that accepts stakeholders to participate in cooperation,negotiation,and sharing is weak.second,the governance structure is not perfect,lacking rational allocation and Integrate power.Third,there is a lack of governance regulations,including the regulations of governance process,governance authority,and governance results.Fourth,the governance capacity needs to be improved.It is imperative to establish a multi-governance concept and governance culture;Set up Stakeholders Governance Committee,and devise a comprehensive governance construction;and set up perfect rules and regulation to make governance process specification;establish learning and innovation concepts,and enhance the governance capabilities of various stakeholders.