高等教育成本与价格问题分析

Analysis of Issues of Higher Education Cost and Price

随着我国加入WTO,高等教育对提高国家竞争力日益重要。现阶段,我国高等教育市场是客观存在的。在高等教育规模持续扩大和教育成本居高不下的同时,政府对公立高校的财政支持力度却在不断下降,而国家核定的教育价格标准又长期偏低,远不能弥补学生的培养成本。高等教育价格与教育成本之间呈正向变动的关系。教育作为当前的社会热点之一,必然存在合理定价的问题。政府应适当下放高等教育收费权。同时,应进一步健全价格监督约束机制,完善政府的教育经费供给体系和公立高校的助学体系。

Along with China's WTO entry, higher education is of increasing importance in strengthening the country's competitive power. Presently higher education market is an objective reality in China. The government's financial support to thepublic higher learning institutions is weakening, the stateset education pricestandard is low over a long period of time, which cannot offset students' education cost, while the education scale is continuously enlarging and education cost is constantly high. There exists the issue of rational pricing. The government needs to delegate powers of pricing to lower levels, regularize the pricerestraining mechanism and perfect financial aid system in public higher learning institutions.