理解格雷欣法则下的美国高等教育质量奇迹——基于高等教育质量标准体系交错性与制度弹性的二维视角

Understanding the America Higher Education Quality Miracle under the Gresham's Law——Based on the Dimensional Viewpoints of Interleaving and Elasticity of Higher Education Quality Standards System

研究从高等教育质量标准体系的交错性与制度弹性的视角探讨美国高等教育质量奇迹,认为联邦政府掌舵、州政府划船、认证机构实施的格局,可以确保美国高等教育质量标准体系的交错,为高等教育质量奇迹夯实基础。同时,联邦政府的间接引导、州政府的直接干预、认证机构对不同高校、不同专业的全覆盖的认证,产生叠加效应,催生高等教育质量奇迹。高等教育质量标准体系在实践中有一定的制度弹性,其在认可的选择性、公私有别的质量管控、认证的自愿性上产生连带效应,实现高等教育质量奇迹。在镜鉴美国高等教育质量标准体系建设的情况下,我国高等教育质量标准体系在建设中,可建设元评估制度,发展独立的高等教育质量评估机构、扩大高校的质量评估自主权,推动高等教育质量评估的国际化。

the paper discusses the miracle of American higher education quality from the viewpoints ot system interleaving and mechanism elasticity of higher education quality standards, deems that the federal government acts as a pilot and state governments act as sailors anti accrediting councils act as executives, which could guarantee the interleaving of American quality standards system to enhance the flmndation of higher education quality miracle. At the same time federal government guides indirectly, state governments control directly, accrediting councils accredit institutions and programs, which results in superimposing effect and creates higher education quality miracle. Higher education quality standards system has some mechanism elasticity in selective recognition, different quality control in public and private universities and colleges and voluntmy accreditation, which causes chain effect and realize higher education quality mira- cle. Learning from American higher education quality standards system, China could set up meta -review system, build independent higher education accrediting councils, enlarge autonomy of institutions in ac- creditation and promote the internationalization of higher education accreditation