From Management to Governance:University Charter Reoriented

Abstract

Establishment of the corporate governance structure in public university is an important institutional innovation. Fromintegration of the government and universitytoseparation of the government and universityis the overall trend of educational administration development,whose core is implement the public university autonomy. With the establishment of bureaucracy in the modern university,the university's internal governance concern is moving from thethe horizontal decentralization to vertical decentralization. The problem of the basic academic organization autonomous has become increasingly prominent. Regulation of the power operation of university is the main function of university The relationship between the university and the basic academic organization is adjusted by university charter in China. As thecharterin corporate governance,university charter has three characteristics:firstly,university charter is an administrative contract signed by the government and public universities. Secondly,the university charter is not only the license of universities,but also the running rules of the governing council and administration. Finally,university charter is the continuation of the law,which shall be binding on the government,public universities,directors,managers and other. The establishment of modern university system with Chinese characteristics must adhere to developing university charter by law, managing the university by university charter.