关键词: 区域, 高等教育, 经济发展, 协调性

Abstract: This paper makes empirical analysis on the coordination of regional higher education and economic development of China with the approach of Factor Analysis. In using cross section data of 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in 2006, the paper calculates, sorts and lists rank differences of the factor scores of higher education and economic development by region, and makes correlative analysis. The research shows that, of the 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, the coordination between higher education and economic development is good and relatively good in 12 provinces, bad and relatively bad in 13 provinces and on average in 6 provinces. In general, the coordination is relatively bad. On the basis of case study, the paper suggests that, the government should give more consideration of the local economic development conditions and potential when making schedule on higher education; encourage the local government in backward higher education areas to make more investment and permit social capital in higher education; take proper control of the scale of higher education in over-developed areas and increase central financial support to under-developed areas in the West of China.

Key words: region, higher education, economic development, coordination