从高等教育产品的性质看高等教育的供给

Quasi-Public Product of Higher Education and Its Supply

从非竞争性和非排他性的角度来看,高等教育并不具备完全公共产品的属性,本文认为由政府提供的高等教育应该属于准公共产品的范畴,而由市场提供的高等教育则是私人产品。因为其所具有的外部性,要求政府在高等教育的供给上必须负有主要供给者的责任。同时也因为其不是纯粹的公共产品,就使市场供给具备了可能性和合理性。从我国的现实情况来看,由于高等教育供给相对不足,所以由政府和市场共同提供应该是在当前条件下的合理选择。

Considering non-competitiveness and non-exclusiveness of a public product, higher education is not such a product in its strict sense. In fact, government-supplied higher education is a quasi-public product while the market-supplied higher education a private product. The government is required to be the main sup- plier of higher education by its externalities. However, as it is only a quasi-public product, it is also possible and reasonable for the market to be a supplier. Owing to its short supply, it is a sound choice for the govern- ment and the market to offer higher education together at present.