RegionalCollaboration and Cooperationin Higher Edu

RegionalCollaborationandCooperationinHigherEducation地区高等教育合作LawrenceJ.Lau,Ph.D.刘遵义President校长andRalphandClaireLandauProfessorofEconomicsTheChineseUniversityofHongKong香港中文大学andKwoh-TingLiProfessorinEconomicDevelopment,Emeritus,StanfordUniversityTheSecondBeijing-HongKongHeadsofUniversitiesForumHongKong,November26,2007Phone:[phone];Fax:[phone]Email:[e-mail];WebPages:‹Introduction（导言）‹TheModesofRegionalCollaborationandCooperation（地区合作模式）‹TheBenefitsofRegionalCollaborationandCooperation（地区合作收益）‹TheNecessaryConditionsforSuccessfulRegionalCollaborationandCooperation（成功的地区合作的必要条件）‹ConcludingRemarks（结语）LawrenceJ.Lau,TheChineseUniversityofHongKong3Introduction（导言）‹Thebenefitsofcollaborationandcooperation（地区合作收益）areatamaximum（最大化）whenthetwocollaboratingregions/institutionsarethemostdifferent.Whentheyaredifferenttheycancomplement（互补）eachother—one’sstrengthcancompensatefortheother’sweakness.Thereislesstobegainedwhenthetwocollaboratingregions/institutionsareverysimilar,exceptthrougheconomiesofscalebutsucheconomiesareeasiertoachievewithinregionsratherthanacrossregions.‹Inter-regionalcollaborationandcooperation（地区间合作）canyieldmoresignificantbenefitsthanintra-regionalcollaborationandcooperation（地区内合作）becausetheinstitutionsarelikelytobemoredifferent(andalsodonothaveahistoryofcompetition).LawrenceJ.Lau,TheChineseUniversityofHongKong4Introduction（导言）‹However,thedifferencesbetweenregions/institutionsshouldbemoreonthefieldsofstudy（学科领域）andtheenvironment（教研环境）,ratherthanthequalityofthefacultymembersandstudents（教师及学生的质量）.Thequalitiesofthefacultymembersandstudentsofthecollaboratinguniversitiesinthetworegionsshouldactuallybecomparablesothatboththefacultymembersandthestudentsatoneuniversitywillfitincomfortablyattheotheruniversityandviceversa.‹Moreover,similarqualitiesoffacultymembersandstudentsgenerallyimplysimilaracademicstandards,whichinturnmakethemutualandreciprocalrecognitionofcoursesandcreditsacrossthetwocollaboratinguniversitiesmucheasier.LawrenceJ.Lau,TheChineseUniversityofHongKong5Introduction（导言）‹Differencesinthelanguagesusedbetweentworegionscanimpedecollaborationandcooperationbutcanbeanadvantageundersomecircumstancesinthisageofglobalizationbecausetheyallowthefacultyandstudentstobroadentheirperspectivesandexperiencedifferentculturalenvironments,inadditiontohavingtheopportunitytoimprovetheirlanguageskills.LawrenceJ.Lau,TheChineseUniversityofHongKong6RegionalDifferencesandSimilarities地区间的异同‹Whataretherelevantregionaldifferencesandsimilaritiesinadditiontolanguages?‹Theinfrastructure,facilitiesandequipment(e.g.,cyclotron,linearaccelerator,librarycollections)‹Thecostsofteachersandstaff,includingtechnicalmanpower‹Thesizeandqualityofthemanpowerpool‹Theavailabilityofresearchfunding‹Thefieldsofstudyoffered‹ThedegreeofinternationalizationLawrenceJ.Lau,TheChineseUniversityofHongKong7TheNaturalAdvantagesofBeijing北京的天然优势‹Beijinghasthefollowingadvantages:‹Asthenation’scapital,Beijinghasuniqueadvantages—thereisanabundanceofresources,notonlyfromtheMinistryofEducationandthePeople’sGovernmentoftheMunicipalityofBeijing,butalsofromalltheotherMinistriesandotherGovernmentAgencies‹Beijingalsohasalongandglorioushistoryandisthelocationofgreatuniversities,museums,galleries,researchinstitutes,nationalresearchinstitutionssuchastheChineseAcademyofSciencesandtheChineseAcademyofSocialSciences‹Beijinghasalongtraditionofculture‹Beijinghascomprehensivecoverageofalmostallfieldsofstudy‹BeijingattractsthebesttalentsfromtheentirenationLawrenceJ.Lau,TheChineseUniversityofHongKong8TheNaturalAdvantagesofHongKong香港的天然优势‹HongKonghasthefollowingadvantages:‹HongKonghasfirst-rate,comprehensive,research-baseduniversities,withstronglinkstotheinternationalacademiccommunity‹HongKongattractsalargenumberofinternationalteachersandstudents.Anon-Chinesespeakercanlive,studyandworkinHongKongusingonlyEnglishwithoutanyproblem.‹ThereiscompleteacademicfreedomintheeducationalinstitutionsinHongKong.‹Thereisalsocompletefreedomofaccesstoinformation—theinternetisentirelyopenandthepressisamongthefreestintheworld.‹HongKongprovidesexcellentprotectiontointellectualpropertyrights.‹Asafinancial,internationaltradeandlogisticscenter,HongKongalsohasspecialcapabilitiesinthesefields.LawrenceJ.Lau,TheChineseUniversityofHongKong9TheModesofRegionalCollaboration（地区合作模式）‹Exchangeofundergraduatestudents（本科生的交换）‹Exchangeofresearchgraduatestudents（研究生的交换）‹Exchangeoffacultymembers（教师的交换）‹Collaborativeresearch（合作研究）betweenfacultymembersofcollaboratinguniversitiesinthetworegions‹Jointprogrammesandjointdegrees（联合培养项目及联合学位）—expansionofboththepooloffacultymembersandthepoolofstudents,enablingdeepercoverageoffieldsandsub-fieldsofstudy‹Specialdedicatedprogrammes（特殊专业项目）(e.g.,veterinarymedicine,contemporaryChinesehistory,nuclearengineering)—educatingthestudentsofoneregionatauniversityattheotherregioninafieldofstudynotavailableinthelocalregionLawrenceJ.Lau,TheChineseUniversityofHongKong10TheBenefitsofRegionalCollab