中外合作开办高等教育课程的政策与现状分析

Analysis of Current Status in Educational Collaboration between Mainland China and Oversea╱other Chinese regions

中外合作办学已经成为我国教育事业的一个组成部分。然而，我国高等教域领域中的中外合作办学现状如何呢？这是国内外教育机构都十分关注的话题。本文首先介绍了我国中外合作办学的管理和条例，这些规定也适用于香港、澳门和台湾；进而以国内25所高校与境外147个教育机构的116项合作办学项目为例，概括了中外合作办学的五种形式：境外课程、境外资历；双方课程、双方资历；境外课程、境外资历、国内证明书；双方课程、国内资历、境外证明书，并对每一种形式的教学方式进行举例说明；最后，作者综合讨论了三个相关主题：优质的境外远程教育学历课程进入内地市场的挑战；未来教育的新模式对中外合作办学形式的挑战；香港高校与内地合作办学的独特优势。

Cooperation in providing educational programmes between institutions of overseas╱other Chinese regions and local partners has become an important part of the educational enterprises in Mainland China. However， little literature is available on the current status of higher education collaboration. 116 educational collaboration programmes selected from 147 higher education institutions from overseas╱other Chinese regions partnering with 25 local universities in Mainland China were selected as samples in this study. Five forms of higher educational collaboration were identified， these being（1）institutes from overseas╱other Chinese regions providing programmes and also awarding qualifications；（2）both parties providing programmes and the qualification being awarded by the party from overseas╱other Chinese regions；（3）both parties providing programmes and awarding joint qualifications；（4）institutes from overseas╱other Chinese regions providing programmes and awarding qualifications in addition to a certificate awarded by the local partner；（5）both parties providing programmes and the qualifications being awarded by the local partner in addition to a certificate awarded by the institutes from overseas╱other Chinese regions. Based on an analysis of different forms of higher educational collaboration， three issues will be discussed in this paper. The first is the challenges which distance higher education institutes from overseas╱other Chinese regions are facing in providing a high quality of distance higher education programmes to students in Mainland China. The second issue is the challenges that higher education institutions are facing in a changing educational society and the need for new collaborative forms. Third， the paper will discuss the unique advantages of distance education programmes from Hong Kong， partnering with Mainland institutions， in contributing to the educational market in the Mainland.