ANALYSIS OF FACTORS AFFECTING FINANCIAL AUTONOMY AT UNIVERSITY

Abstract

University autonomy is a global trend and an orientation for public universities. It is considered a basic and core condition to implement the advanced methods for university governance, creating a motivation for higher education institutions to innovate, and breakthroughs in quality and integration. In Vietnam, university autonomy is a necessary condition for them to be active in academic, organizational, human resource, financial, asset and other activities. At Viet Tri University of Industry, when implementing financial autonomy, the university developed a plan and organized the right of autonomy and self-responsibility for the implementation. In this article, the author used descriptive statistical and comparative methods to deploy the current situation of financial autonomy. It also analyzed the factors affecting the performance of financial autonomy including policies, financial management capacity, qualifications of staff and facilities of the school. From the result, the author proposes four solutions for university to be more completion on the financial autonomy. It also can become a reference for other higher educational institutions in the process of moving towards to autonomy according to the policy of the Party and Goverment.