Study on the Group Characteristics of Supervisors in Private Universities and the Effect of Supervising Education ——Taking 5 Private Universities in Hubei Province as an Example

Abstract

Since 2007, the provinces have appointed party leaders and supervisors to private universities. This paper takes five private universities in Hubei Province as an example. First, it analyses the group characteristics of supervisors in private universities, including the origin characteristics, demographic characteristics, demographic characteristics including gender, age, educational background, professional title, work experience, etc. Then it analyses the effect of supervisors' supervision in private universities, and finally puts forward policy enlightenment. 1. Preface private universities are an important force in China's higher education. From the late 1990s to the beginning of this century, many independent colleges have sprung up and become the main part of China's private universities. Since 2008, independent colleges have been transformed into independent private undergraduate colleges. By May 2016, the total number of private universities in China was 735, of which 317 were private colleges and 417 were private undergraduate colleges; 266 were independent colleges and 151 were private universities, of which 60 were private undergraduate colleges and universities transferred from independent colleges. Decree No. 25 of the Ministry of Education issued in February 2007 clearly requires the establishment of a supervisory system for private universities, and provincial education departments should appoint supervisory commissioners to private universities. Supervisors should have experience in higher education management, be familiar with the situation of institutions of higher learning, and have a strong ability to implement national laws, regulations and policies. They are not more than 70 years old. The duties of the Supervisor are: to supervise the implementation of relevant laws, regulations and policies; to supervise and guide the orientation, conduct and quality of running schools; to participate in the research and discussion of major issues such as school development planning, personnel arrangements, property and financial management, capital construction, enrollment, fee collection and refund, etc. Since 2007, Hunan, Shaanxi, Jiangxi, Yunnan, Guangdong and other provinces have successively appointed leaders of Party organizations to private universities, and also served as supervisory commissioners. From 2012 to 2013, the Labor Committee of Hubei Provincial Party Committee and the Education Department of Hubei Province appointed five cadres to five private universities as Party secretary and supervisor. This paper takes five private universities in Hubei Province as an example to analyze the group characteristics of supervisors and the effect of supervision, and put forward policy enlightenment. 2. Analysis of group characteristics of supervisors in private universities Population characteristics are analyzed from two aspects: source characteristics and demographic characteristics. 316 Copyright © 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research (ASSEHR), volume 314 4th International Conference on Social Sciences and Economic Development (ICSSED 2019)