Research on Evaluating the Social Service Functions of Local Universities in the Context of High-Quality Development

The current transition of China’s economic and social development into a stage of high-quality development brings with it new and higher levels of expectation for higher education institutions and their role within society. Local universities play a key role as nodes within a regional innovation ecosystem, and therefore require their capabilities for service to the region to be assessed in terms of traditional methods. This research outlines a methodology for developing an assessment framework based upon high-quality development for local universities and how that assessment will be achieved through reform of evaluation focus, assessment criteria construction and execution. The result of this effort will be a startup type of framework of multidimensional evaluation that utilizes the concepts of regional contribution, incorporation of innovation and sustainable development as fundamental to its viability while serving local universities as a practical source of evidence.