Rationality Level And Policy Regulation Of Tuition In Non-profit Private Vocational Colleges

Non‐profit private vocational colleges are important supplement force in highereducationalsystemofChina.The“non‐profit”featureisanewschoolattributedividedbasedonthe“ClassificationManagement”ofdraftamendmentinNationalMediumandLong Term Educational Reform and Development Programming Outline(2010‐2020) andPrivate Education Promotion Law. From the aspect of legal significance and theory,non‐profit private vocational colleges make the same contributions to the socialeconomical development as other types of higher education. However, themisunderstandingfromthesocietyandthepubliconprivatevocationalinstituteslimitsthedevelopment.Asamajorpartofsuchinstitutes,tuitionplaysadecisiveroleforthesurvivalanddevelopment.This paper takes the non-profit privatevocational college tuition in China as the research objects, considering thatnon-profit private highervocational institutes need to adjust the tuition level specifically from their own characteristics so as to keep the tuition standard in a reasonable level. This paper is aiming to lay the foundation for the tuition research from theoretical level and enrich the research results of educational economy and vocational and technical education; define the rationality standard and regulation range of tuition in non-profit private vocational colleges, promote the fairness of educational opportunities for students, and perfect the tuition system of non-profit private vocational colleges from practical level. Finally, this paper provides research results for the government to implement policies of classification management for private colleges. From the aspects of public product theory, human capital theory, cost-sharing theory, educational fair theory, this paper reveals the tuition connotation of non-profit private vocational colleges, points out the pricing principles of tuition in non-profit private vocational colleges, and quantifies the judgment basis for rationality of tuition level in non-profit private vocational colleges. Subsequently, this paper analyzes and defines the rationality level of tuition in non-profit private vocational colleges from perspectives of educational profits, payment ability of residents and school-running cost.From the analysis results, it can be observed that educational yield rate is related with tuition standard positively and negatively from angles of different subjects. Therefore, as one of measuring methods for the tuition rationality, educational yield rate is not enough to be the basis for formulating tuition standards and regulating tuition level. Since the tuition payment ability of residents affects the tuition level of non-profit private vocational colleges, the expenditure constitution of residents determines that it will be basically rational if the tuition takes up below 50%, and it will be more rational if the tuition accounts for below 28%.As the most important influencing factor in non-profit private vocational colleges, school-running cost’s correlation with tuition is analyzed to fit out their model of regression curve equation. Based on this, this paper proposes that the tuition regulation of non-profit private vocational colleges should pay attention to the scientific regulation of tuition range for non-profit private vocational colleges, so as to establish effective cost management mechanism and perfect relevant tuition policies of non-profit private vocational college.