An Empirical Study of Cooperation Between University and Local Government

国家大学资源应该为社区发展买单，这已经成为越来越广泛的共识。但是，关于这方面的论述主要集中在经济优势地区的产学研合作和制度层面。对于国立大学和地方政府之间的关系，我们知之甚少。本文旨在研究国立大学的区域相关性，这些大学位于不太富裕的地方政府，使用调查数据，对教师和地方政府部门负责人的活动和评估。实证研究结果表明：(1)近一年有超过30%的教师在地方政府任职。但当地政府的要求主要是通过个人网络，而不是通过组织网络。(2)与地方政府的隔离仍在继续，没有组织与大学的正式沟通方式（合作会议）。(3)社会服务背后有几个动机：表达社会对社区的团结；履行教学和研究的传统使命。(4)学者服务地方政府的困难在于传统的教学和科研使命与特定地区的社会服务需求之间的冲突。为了调和这些好坏参半的表现，那些致力于加强社区服务和发展的院校应该考虑院系的优点。虽然许多教师同意对社区的学术责任，但他们仍然将教学和研究的传统使命分开。因此，鼓励国立大学和地方自治团体合作的政策只是为了缓冲地区需求的花言巧语，没有地方自治团体的内生动机。

It is more and more a widely shared discourse that national university resources should pay for community development. But, the discourses on that have been specialized at the industry-university cooperation and institutional levels in the economically advantaged region. We have a little or tacit knowledge of the relationship between national universities and local governments. This paper aims to examine the regional relevance of national universities, which are situated in less wealthy local government, using survey data, on the activities and evaluations of both faculty members and the chiefs of section in local governments.Empirical findings are as follows : (1) Over 30% of faculty members have served for local governments of the past year. But requests from local government are mainly through personal network, not through organizational one. (2) Isolation of the local governments has been continued, formal means of communication (cooperation conference) to the university being not organized. (3) Several incentives lie behind the social service : to express social solidarity to the community : to fulfill the traditional mission of teaching and research. (4) Difficulties for the academics to serve local government lie in the conflict between the traditional mission of teaching and research, and the social services to the needs of a particular region. In order to reconcile these mixed performances, institutions that resort to enhance community service and development should consider merit for the faculties.While a lot of faculty members agree with the academic accountability to the community, they nevertheless set the traditional mission of teaching and research apart. So, the policy to encourage the cooperation between national universities and local governments is just rhetoric to serve as a buffer against regional needs, without the endogenous motive of local governments.