Circular of Shandong Provincial Development and Reform Commission, Shandong Provincial Department of Finance and Shandong Provincial Department of Education on Improving the Charging Policy for School-enterprise Cooperation and Promoting the Innovative Development of Colleges and Universities

All public institutions of higher learning, municipal development and reform commissions, finance bureaus and education bureaus:

In order to implement the spirit of the national and provincial education conferences, support the innovation and development of colleges and universities, further promote the integration of production and education, and promote the opening of higher education to the society and industry, in accordance with the principle of high quality and high price, with the consent of the provincial government, the relevant matters concerning the charging policy of school enterprise cooperation in public colleges and universities in our province are hereby notified as follows.

1. Improve Political Standing, Fully Understand the Importance of Charge Policy Adjustment

Colleges and universities should actively carry out multi-form and multi-content cooperative school-running projects with high-quality enterprises according to their own positioning and development plans, so as to achieve the mutual utilization and full use of school-enterprise resources, and jointly promote the healthy development of higher education and entity enterprises in our province. School-enterprise cooperative school-running projects generally implement the general undergraduate (higher vocational) tuition standards. Among them, the school-enterprise cooperative school-running projects with good infrastructure, high social recognition, rich resources invested by cooperative enterprises, and high school-running costs can implement the provisions of this notice. The province's unified guidance fee standard.

Colleges and universities should carefully determine the school enterprise cooperation projects that implement the guiding charging standards, and the proportion of the number of enrollment majors and enrollment plans to the number of enrollment majors and enrollment plans should be scientific and reasonable. The school-enterprise cooperation project implementation guidance fee standard is a useful and effective supplement to the lack of school resources, not a means to raise the tuition standard. All colleges and universities should improve their political position, fully understand the importance, necessity and seriousness of the adjustment of charging policies for school-enterprise cooperation projects, and strictly prohibit raising tuition standards in disguise in the name of school-enterprise cooperation, and strive to create a good environment for the development of school-enterprise integration.

2. Simplify Approval Procedures and Expand School Fees Autonomy

The province's unified guidance fee for school-enterprise cooperation in running schools is 8000 yuan per student per academic year. The maximum increase in the five disciplines of science, engineering, agriculture, medicine and art does not exceed 30%, philosophy, economics, law, and education., Literature, history and management majors in seven disciplines do not exceed 10%, and there is no limit to the decline. The implementation of the province's unified guidance fee standards for school-enterprise cooperation projects, allowing colleges and universities to arrange enrollment within 20% of the total enrollment plan of the year; if the enrollment ratio has exceeded 20%, the enrollment can continue to be arranged according to the original ratio. The school-enterprise cooperative school-running project that implements the tuition standard of general college (higher vocational), and the enrollment ratio is determined by the school itself.

School-enterprise cooperative school-running projects that implement the unified guidance of the province's charging standards will no longer be subject to fee approval management. The school will be within the charging standard range specified in this notice, based on training costs, student affordability, financial investment, and the healthy development of cooperative projects. Determine the specific tuition standard independently. In order to maintain the relative stability of the charging standard for school-enterprise cooperation in running schools, the original charging standard shall be implemented for school-enterprise cooperation projects that have not expired in 2018 and previous years, and if the charging standard is reduced, the reduced standard shall be implemented. Old projects will continue to enroll students when they expire and new school-enterprise cooperation projects will be held in 2019, so as to avoid a sharp rise in charging standards.

3. Standardize the Behavior of Cooperation in Running Schools and Improve the Quality of Running Schools

To implement the school-enterprise cooperative school-running project with unified guidance charging standards in the whole province, the cooperative enterprise should have the teaching ability to undertake the cooperative school-running project and have enough professional and technical personnel to guide students' internship and training; it can fully accept and accommodate the students' internship and training stipulated in the curriculum of the cooperative school-running project in time and space; arrange the time for students to practice and train in enterprises, Junior College (higher vocational) shall not be less than 1/3 of the school system time, undergraduate not less than 1/4, and the academic performance of qualified students recommended employment.

The major of school-enterprise cooperation should focus on the "top ten" industries or regional leading industries of the major projects of the transformation of new and old kinetic energy in our province, and should be the key construction major of the school, which is in line with the school's orientation and the talent needs of industry enterprises. The main industry field of the cooperative enterprise or its parent company (relying on the enterprise) shall be basically the same as the discipline field of the cooperation project.

The school and the enterprise shall sign a complete and legally effective cooperative education agreement. The cooperation agreement shall clearly stipulate the objectives, tasks, contents and forms, rights and obligations, duration of cooperation, liability for breach of contract and other necessary matters, so as to protect the legitimate rights and interests of both parties and students. The school party committee should carefully study the school-enterprise cooperation projects that implement the guiding charging standards. The content of the research mainly includes: the qualifications of the cooperative enterprise, the positive impact on the school, and the content of school-enterprise cooperation, enrollment majors, enrollment numbers, Fees, revenue sharing, cooperation period, rights and obligations, legal responsibilities, etc. The above-mentioned contents studied by the Party committee shall form detailed meeting minutes. If a cooperative education enterprise does not comply with the provisions of this "Notice" but has signed a cooperation agreement, it may temporarily implement the agreement. If the agreement expires and the conditions are not met, the cooperative enrollment shall be stopped immediately.

4. Strengthening Project Management and Promoting the Healthy Development of School-enterprise Cooperation

Institutions of higher learning shall, in accordance with the school-enterprise cooperation plan and relevant management systems, strengthen the management of school-enterprise cooperation projects for the implementation of guidance fees, and clarify specialized agencies and specialized personnel for follow-up guidance. The Provincial Development and Reform Commission, the Provincial Department of Finance, and the Provincial Department of Education shall formulate performance evaluation methods for school-enterprise cooperation projects in colleges and universities. Before the end of each year, the school should carry out performance evaluation on school-enterprise cooperation projects that implement the guidance charging standards, and carry out timely rectification on projects that fail to meet the cooperation requirements, fail to fulfill the cooperation agreement, have low student satisfaction, and have little promotion to the development of the school cause, and resolutely stop those that do not have obvious rectification effects.

When the Provincial Department of Education issues the annual enrollment plan for sub-majors, it will refer to the implementation of guidance fees for colleges and universities. Schools should publicize information such as the name of the school-enterprise cooperation in running schools, enrollment plans and charging standards in the enrollment brochures. Before the end of April each year, the performance evaluation of school-enterprise cooperation in running schools in the previous year, the enrollment plan and charging standards of school-enterprise cooperation projects in this year (Annex 1 and Annex 2), as well as the school-enterprise cooperation agreement, and the school party committee research and approval The minutes of the meeting were submitted to the Provincial Development and Reform Commission, the Provincial Department of Finance, and the Provincial Department of Education.

It is strictly forbidden for colleges and universities to carry out false propaganda on school-enterprise cooperation projects that implement the guiding charging standards. Once the violations are verified, they will be dealt with in accordance with relevant laws and regulations. The relevant departments should seriously investigate and deal with price violations such as illegal charges in accordance with the law. The income formed by the implementation of the guidance fee standards and its school-running behavior are the focus of supervision and inspection by audit and supervision departments at all levels. If violations of regulations and disciplines are found, the responsible persons will be held accountable.

This notice shall come into force on September 1, 2019 and shall be valid until August 31, 2022. It will be announced separately after the expiration of the term.

Attachment:

1. Table of School-enterprise Cooperation Projects in Shandong Province

2. Summary of School-Enterprise Cooperation Projects in Shandong Province

Shandong Provincial Development and Reform Commission Shandong Provincial Department of Finance Shandong Provincial Department of Education

August 24, 2019