公共财政资助民办高等教育的理论辩护

Theoretical Analysis of Private Higher Education Funded by Public Finance

公共产品理论、外部性理论、高等教育成本分担理论、公平性理论等经济学、管理学基本理论从必要性、合理性、合法性等方面为公共财政资助民办高等教育提供了较为充分的理论依据,但出于技术上的、战略上的、观念上的种种原因,至今仍存在着诸多对公共财政资助民办高等教育必要性和合理性的质疑与反对。尽管目前针对公共财政资助民办高等教育的政策讨论还存在不可避免的反对意见,但公共财政的使命和民办高等教育的属性已经充分说明了公共财政资助民办高等教育的必要性与正当性,那些关于公共财政不应当资助民办高等教育的种种理由都是站不住脚的。

The basic theories in economics and management such as public goods theory, externality theory, cost sharing theory of higher education, equity theory provide sufficient theoretical basis for the necessity, rationality and legitimacy of private higher education funded by public finance. But for technical, strategic, ideological reasons, there are still a lot of controversies against its necessity and rationality. Although, there are inevitable oppositions in current policy discussions, the mission of public finance and the property of private higher education have fully demonstrated the necessity and legitimacy of private higher education funded by public finance, and those various reasons that public finance should not fund private higher education are untenable.