An Empirical Study of Cooperation Between University and Local Government

国立大学资源应该为社区发展买单，这一观点越来越被广泛接受。但是，在经济欠发达地区，关于产学合作的论述主要集中在产学合作和制度层面。我们对国立大学和地方政府之间的关系知之甚少或心照不宣。本文以位于地方政府相对贫困地区的国立大学为研究对象，通过对地方政府中教师和科长的活动和评价的调查数据，对国立大学的地域相关性进行了研究。但地方政府的请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手段（合作会议）。(3)社会服务背后有几个动机：向社区表达社会团结：履行教学和研究的传统使命。(4)学术服务地方政府的困难在于传统的教学和科研使命与为特定地区的社会需求服务之间的冲突。为了调和这些好坏参半的表现，致力于加强社区服务和发展的院校应该考虑学院的优点。虽然许多教员同意学术对社会负责，但他们却将教学和研究的传统使命分开。因此，鼓励国立大学与地方政府合作的政策只是作为缓冲区域需求的一种说辞，缺乏地方政府的内生动力。

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.