高校合并对本科录取分数的影响——以我国“985工程”与“211工程”高校为例

The Impact of the Merging of Universities on College Admission Scores: Take the “Project 985” and “Project 211” Universities in China as an Example

20世纪末至21世纪初,我国掀起一场高校合并浪潮,900余所高等学校参与了此次改革。录取分数直接关系到高校的生源质量,是衡量高校合并后质量变化的重要指标。本文使用我国113所"985"高校和"211"高校2001—2018年在全国各省的高考录取分数数据,通过固定效应模型实证分析了高校合并对录取分数的影响。研究发现,高校合并降低了录取最低分,显著提升了录取均分。此外录取分数还与高校所在省份的经济发展水平、志愿填报方式、高中毕业人数、合并规模、合并类型、是否合并医学院、是否为本地招生以及招生区域等因素显著相关。进一步研究显示,大学排名在高校合并与录取分数之间起到了传导的中介作用。

From the end of the 20 th century to the beginning of this century,a wave of college mergers was launched in China,with more than 900 colleges and universities participating in the reform,including 28"Project 985"Universities and 47"Project 211"Universities.Admission scores are directly related to the quality of college students and an important indicator of quality changes after the merger of colleges.This paper uses the data of the college admission scores of 113"Project 985"Universities and"Project 985"Universities in China from 2001 to 2018,and uses a fixed effect model to consider the impact of college mergers on admission scores.The empirical study shows that the merging of colleges and universities reduced the minimum admission score and significantly increased the average admission score.In addition,the admission scores are also significantly related to the economic development level of the province where the university is located,college admission matching mechanism and preference submission timing,the number of high school graduates,the size of the merger,the merger of the medical school,the type of merger,whether it is a local enrollment,and the enrollment area.Further research shows that universities’rankings play a mediating role between merging of universities and admission scores.