The Role of Local Goverment Play in Deepening the Integration of Industry and Education in Liaoning Vocational University of Technology Based on the Triple Helix Theory

Abstract

The purposes of this research were 1) to investigate the current role that the local government plays in deepening the integration of industry and education at Liaoning Vocational University of Technology; 2) to analyze the way the triple helix creates the role of government, 3) to suggest the role that the Liaoning Provincial Government should play in deepening the integration of industry and education in Liaoning Vocational University of Technology. Liaoning Province will be the site of this study. It adopts a quantitative design, for data collection, a questionnaire is the main source and reinforcement focus groups. Also, descriptive statistics is a data analysis. Moreover, the Triple Helix Theory as the main theory. In addition, Customer Orientation in New Public Management, Limited Government Theory, and New Public Governance as the supporting theories.
The results revealed that:
1. In more than 50%, the Liaoning Provincial Government plays a multifaceted role in deepening the integration of industry and education.
2. The triple helix theory creates the role played by the government in the following ways: (1) 78.1% of school respondents, and 61.21% of enterprises respondents positive attitude that it plays an important role in mediating the relationship between educational institutions. (2) The positive attitude of enterprise respondents was more than 60.1%, and that of school respondents was even more than 83.9%, they think that ensure its policies are responsive to the needs of educational institutions. (3) More than 70% of the school respondents and more than 60% of the enterprises respondents had a positive attitude, they think that the function of government extends to creating an environment conducive to the integration of industry and education.
3. 83.1% School respondents and 69% enterprise respondents think that the most crucial role that the Liaoning government should play is that of a service provider, also some respondents who believe that the role of supervisor and co-ordinator is also important. Finally, this research suggests that the role of service provider, regulator, and coordinator, and add or reshape roles.