An empirical study of the partnership between community and university

本研究的目的是通过对新泻县教职员的活动和意见的调查数据，来检验大学和地方行政部门之间关系的性质。主要研究结果如下：第一，国立新泻大学的教师在新泻地方企业的行政政策和技术开发方面做出了巨大的贡献。但是，如果没有高校的伙伴关系办公室，就无法从区域的角度来看待教师的服务。特别是在新泻这样的综合性大学，大学社区服务往往依赖于个人关系。第二，为提高新潟县大学出勤率而设立的6所私立大学，在“终身学习”、“产学研”、“志愿活动”等方面做出了巨大贡献。第三，新泻县的意见领袖不评价教师的服务，除了医学领袖。但是，他们希望大学信息的展示，和服务的调度。第四，一般行政当局也希望与新泻大学合作，但久田地区的行政当局倾向于与久田教育大学合作，长田地区倾向于与长冈工业大学合作，地方政府倾向于与最近的私立大学合作。第五，大学与社区的合作不仅受到教师的学习压力和教学负担的限制，而且缺乏管理的远见和策略。第六，根据这些发现，要发展地区与大学之间的伙伴关系，应构建某种形式的界面和对学者的激励机制。

The purpose of this study is to examine the nature of relationship between the University and the local administration by using survey data, on the activities and opinions of faculty members at Niigata prefecture.Main findings are as follows :Firsts, faculties of National Niigata University have rendered great services in the administration policy and technical development of local companies of Niigata prefecture. However without the office of partnership in the part of university, the services of faculty can't see from the side of regions. Especially in the comprehensive university such as Niigata, university community services are tend to depend on the personal relationship. Second, six private universities which have been established in order to grade up the rank of the university attendance of Niigata prefecture, contribute greatly to the "life long learning," "industry-university management", and "volunteer activities". Third, opinion leaders of Niigata prefecture don't evaluate the services of faculty, except for medical leaders. But, they hope for the display of university information, and dispatch of service. Fourth, generally administrations also hope for the partnership to Niigata University, but those of Jouetu area tend to expect for Jouetu Education University, Nagata area to Nagaoka Technical Science University and local government to the nearest private universities. Fifth, partnership between university and community is not only restricted by pressure of study and teaching load of faculty but also absence of the vision and strategies of administration. Sixth, according to these findings, to develop the partnership between the region and university, some form of interface and incentives for academics should be constructed.