全球化背景下高等教育公私属性的思考

用萨缪尔森的产品概念来界定高等教育产品的公私属性,并以此来分析高等教育的全球性、浮现的世界市场和全球公共产品,那么以是否国有来界定高等教育产品的属性就行不通了.若从社会特性来区分产品的公私属性,那么全球的高等教育产品只能分为非排他性和非竞争性两类.由于公共产品往往在市场上生产不足,所以,充分认识高等教育私有产品在世界市场上的内在属性有现实意义.

Thinking Public/private in Higher Education for the Global Era

The paper defines public and private goods in higher education,adapting concepts from Samuelson,and uses that distinction to analyze globalization,the emerging world market and global public goods in higher education.The paper proposes a public/private distinction based on the social character of the outputs produced in higher education.Global public goods are outcomes that are non-excludable or non-rivalrous.Public goods tend to be under-produced in markets,and under-recognized in policy.