A Model of the Elements of Chinese Open University's Core Competitiveness

As higher education becomes more accessbile to the public and open universities develop so fast in China,competition in higher education is getting intense.The core competitiveness of open universities attracts scholars' attention.In the research of open universities' core competitiveness,the most important issue is to define its elements.However,few empirical study of the core competitiveness of open universities has been carried out in China so far.Based on related researches in the world,this paper proposes a model of open universities' core competitiveness.Questionnaires are sent to experts in Chinese open universities and distance learning institutions in Hong Kong,Macao,and Taiwan.The 133 feedback are loaded in SPSS 19.0.We then adjust and optimize the result and propose a model of the core competitiveness.This research indicates that the core competitiveness of open universities is composed of culture,learning,social service,management,and human resource.Adopting this model and making it running well are the keys for open universities to achieve success in competition.This paper not only provides supports for theory research about open universities but also offer a new angel and new ideas for its development.