Modernization of Higher Education Governance
Beijing Institute of Technology
The separation of administration, university-running and evaluation is a primary strategy in the deployment of the deepening comprehensive reform of higher education management system in the new era. Based on an analysis of its background and motivation, it can be claimed that the separation of administration, university-running and evaluation is the new normalcy of the higher education management system, and a continuation and deepening of the reform policy of the separation of administration and university-running, laying the foundation for the modernization of the higher education governance system and governance capacity. Equipped with public governance theory, this article analyzes the theoretical connotation and power nature of the two key terms in the field of higher education, namely “administration, university-running and evaluation” and “separation”, based on which a triangular power model for separation of administration, university-running and evaluation is constructed in line with the logic of reform. Besides, this paper illustrates the framework of public governance and the essentials of the separation of administration, university-running and evaluation in higher education in terms of the governance subjects, power base, governance objectives and governance methods, followed by a discussion of the basic conditions and paths of transformation of the public governance practice of separation of administration, university-running and evaluation.