High-quality Development of Higher Education in Chongqing:Level Measurement,Influencing Factors and Its Improving Path
The high-quality development of higher education is the key to the high-quality development of Chongqing's economy and society.This study constructs a higher education quality assessment index system,uses the im-proved entropy method to measure the higher education quality level of Chongqing and related provinces and cities during 1998-2023,comparatively analyzes the gap between the higher education quality of Chongqing and other provinces and cities,and empirically analyzes the influencing factors of the high-quality development of higher education in Chongqing.It is found that the higher education in Chongqing is at a low level in terms of resource conditions,innovative develop-ment,coordinated development,open development and shared development,lagging behind the other three municipalities,the Yangtze River Economic Belt and relevant provinces and cities in the west.It is urgent to increase financial support to improve the educational conditions,to optimize the spatial layout and educational hierarchy,to optimize the structure of talent training and expand the level of opening to the outside world to improve the overall quality.