美国科罗拉多州的高等教育券计划及其启示

The Plan of Higher Education Voucher in Colorado and Its Enlightenment

美国科罗拉多州在2005～2006学年正式实施高等教育券计划,政府对高等学校不再直接拨款,进入公立大学的学生可以获得每年2 400美元面值的教育券;申请进入政府指定的3所私立大学的学生,可以得到每年1 200美元面值的教育券。在美国,这是除退伍军人教育券外,第一个针对普通大学生的教育券计划。该计划颠覆了政府对大学的传统的直接拨款模式,一方面促进了公立大学的竞争,充分利用了现有的高等教育资源和经费;另一方面也加大了对私立大学的支持力度。

Colorado carried out the plan of higher education voucher in 2005-2006 school year. The state government will not finance universities directly. Students in public universities will get voucher of 2 400 dollars a year,three private universities appointed by government will get 1 200 dollars one person a year. In US,this is the first higher educational voucher plan for ordinary university students except for G.I. Bill. The plan changes the traditional direct model of finance. The educational voucher arouses competition between universities in order to make full use of resource and money. On the other hand,the voucher model will put more support for private universities.