Analysis on Problems of De-administration in Institutes of Higher Education in China

Abstract

The administrative tendency is the product of the planned economy with Chinese characteristics. All public organizations are filled with administrative ranks, and institute of higher learning is one of them. However, during the establishment of systems of modern institutes of higher learning, de-administration attracts increasing concerns of thoughtful educators in education circle. Considerable suggestions have been made as to de-administration, yet the administrative tendency fails to get better but even worse, which shows the significance and urgency to solve the issue. This paper, from the point of the necessity and problems of de-administration in institutes of higher education, lays a theoretical foundation for feasible approaches of de-administration in higher education institutes so as to bring back the real academic freedom and independent system Keywords—Institutes of Higher Education in China; De-administration; Analysis on Problems The administrative tendency in institutes of higher learning means the institutes are structured and operated according to the structure and operation mode of administrative system, have the same property with government administrative departments on the system structure and operation. After the founding, China implements the overall administrative system, schools, banks, hospitals, even industry associations are included in the system. While the institutes of higher education are publicly controlled by administration, the official ranks in institutes of higher education strengthen the administrative tendency. Due to the administrative tendency of the administration in institutes of higher education, monopolization of resources allocation, the utilitarianism of academic activities and the lost of virtue of education, the genuine spirit of institutes of higher education is missing, and it is of great difficulty to build world class institutes of higher education. To give back academic freedom as well as academic prosperity to higher education institutes, the implementation of de-administration is of extreme urgency.