Research On Mechanisms Of University Involvement In Local Development

Personnel training, scientific research and social services are three basic functions of modern universities. The realization of social services requires universities involve in the local development actively. The participation can not only promote the rationale of local decisions, the development of economy and culture, but also benefit the university itself, make the university develop in leaps and bounds by providing services to the community.The paper is divided into seven parts. The first part is the introduction, pointing out the research background and significance of this article, analyzing the present ideas about universities'participation in local development, and instructing the research methods applied in the paper, to pave the way to start the content below.The second part describes the history of the University Participation in local development. It defines the concept of university and local development, describes the different functions taken by the universities in different stages, and points out that the function of providing social service has become an important function of the modern university following the teaching and research functions.The third part focuses on the fields and ways, problems and reasons of universities'participation in local development. These factors can intuitively reflect the level of the university's participation in local development.The fourth part references the model theory of Barbara Holland, and believes there are four inner elements in China to build and promote the mechanisms of University Participation. These elements reflect the influence of the inner mechanism to the university's participation in local development, and play a fundamental role in the level, breadth and depth of the universities'participation in local development,The fifth section takes Zhejiang University as the research object, using the comparative and case analysis methods to examining the performance of Zhejiang University's participation in local development from many ways,such as the external fields and methods, and internal management objectives and institutional aspects. The sixth part proposes how to deepen the internal reform of universities, the establishment of protection mechanisms for supporting the integration of University resources and strengthening the Government's guidance and support, in order to promote the level of university participation in local development. Finally, this paper summarizes the conclusions of the paper, points out its disadvantages and suggests the directions of further research.