中国高等教育与经济发展的区域协调性

The Coordination of China's Higher Education and Economic Development

本文应用因子分析法对我国分地区高等教育与经济发展水平的协调性进行了实证分析。利用31个省区市2006年横截面数据计算了各地高等教育与经济发展的因子得分,进行排序、等级差和相关性分析。研究表明:31个省区市中,高等教育与经济发展协调程度为好和较好的有12个,差和较差的有13个,协调程度一般的有6个,总体协调程度较差。在分析个案原因的基础上,提出高等教育发展规划要更多考虑地方经济发展状况和潜力;鼓励高等教育发展滞后地区的地方政府加大对高等教育投资,支持社会资本进入高等教育领域;适当控制发展过度地区的高等教育规模,并加大中央财政对西部欠发达地区的财政支持。

This paper makes empirical analysis on the coordination of regional higher education and economic development of China with the approach of Factor Analysis. Using cross-sectional data of 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in 2006, the paper calculates, sorts and lists rank differences of the factor scores of higher education and economic development by region, and then makes correlative analysis. The research shows that, of the 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, the coordination between higher education and economic development is very strong and strong in 12 provinces, weak and very weak in 13 provinces and on average in 6 provinces. In general, the coordination is weak. On the basis of case study, the paper suggests that, the government should give more consideration on the local economic development conditions and potential when making schedule on higher education ; encourage the government of region where higher education is underdeveloped to make more investment and permit social capital into higher education; take proper control of the scale of higher education in over-developed areas and increase central financial support to under-developed areas in the West of China.