MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING
HANOI UNIVERSITY OF BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY
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THAI VAN HA
ADMINISTRATION OF PRIVATE
UNIVERSITIES IN A NOT-FOR-PROFIT
DIRECTION IN VIETNAM TODAY
MAJOR : BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
CODE : 9.340.101
ABSTRACT OF ECONOMIC DOCTOR THESIS
HANOI - 2020
The work is completed in:
HANOI UNIVERSITY OF BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY
Science instructor: 1. Prof.Dr. Dinh Van Tien
2. Dr. Nguyen Quoc Huy
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The thesis was orally defended at the Doctoral Thesis Examining
Committee in Hanoi University of Business and Technology
At hour day month year 2020
The thesis can be found out at:
- National Library of Vietnam
- Library of Hanoi University of Business and Technology
INTRODUCTION
1. Rationale
Higher education (HE) plays a particularly important role in training high-
quality human resources - a prerequisite force for the country's rapid and sustainable
development; This force plays a key role in the process of technology transfer,
scientific research, in order to promote economic growth and social development.
The development of private university (PU) form meets the increasing demands of
higher education for the people and contribute to the supply of high quality human
resources for the country's development goals.
On the development path, PUs in Vietnam have faced many difficulties and
obstacles in the mechanism, constraints of some legal and by-law documents, and
guiding circulars have been still lacking, not reasonable, not synchronous and not
ensuring steady development, not creating equality between public and private
schools; Not motivating investors to invest in higher education. It’s needed to have a
solution to remove the difficulties and obstacles PUs are facing so that higher
education in general and private universities in our country will break out from the
stagnation, backwardness, overcome current difficulties and challenges, develop
sustainably in the future, making our higher education keep up with regional and
world higher education, fulfilling the task of training high-quality human resources
for the country during the era of industrial revolution 4.0. Starting from policy issue,
entanglements in the administrative practice of PUs in a not-for-profit direction, the
author chooses the topic of "Administration of private universities in a not-for-
profit direction in Vietnam today" with the hope of clarifying the current situation of
the administration of PUs in a not-for-profit direction, thereby offering useful
solutions to effectively administer PUs in a not-for-profit direction.
2. Research objectives and tasks
Objectives: On the basis of clarifying the theoretical and practical basis of
administration of private universities, the author proposes solutions to administer
universities in a not-for-profit direction.
Tasks:
- Present the overview of research projects related to the thesis topic in order to
find out the scientific gap and identify issues that the thesis continues to research and
develop.
- Interpret theoretical background and international experience in the
administration of private universities in general and administration of private
universities in a not-for-profit direction
- Analyze and assess the current administrative status of private universities in
a not-for-profit direction for recent years
- Propose basic solutions to finalize the administration of private universities in
a not-for-profit direction in Vietnam in the coming time.
3. Subject and scope of the study
3.1. Subject of the study
Administration of private universities in a not-for-profit direction in Vietnam.
3.2. Scope of the study
- Regarding research content: The thesis focuses on researching the aspects of
administration of private universities in a not-for-profit direction, in which the author
focuses on the following aspects: Institutional administrative system, Administration
of personnel organization, Administration of training activities and quality of
education and training (administration of enrolment, administration of training
program, administration of training method, administration of training quality),
administration of scientific and technological activities, administration of financial
activities and material facilities.
- Regarding space: The thesis researches the PUs in Vietnam and conducts the
survey at the private universities in a not-for-profit direction, including Hanoi
University of Business and Technology, Thang Long University, and Phenikaa
University (formerly Thanh Tay University)
- Regarding time: Secondary data has been collected from 2010 to the present;
Survey data was collected between 2018-2019
4. Research approaches and methods
4.1. Approaches
The thesis's approaches are dialectical materialism, historical materialism,
systematic approach to assess the current situation of PUs in a not-for-profit direction
in Vietnam, thereby propose solutions to improve the administration of PUs in a not-
for-profit direction in the coming time.
4.2. Research Methods
The thesis uses the following methods: Statistical method, system analysis,
comparison, survey, method of summarizing experience, expertise method and some
other methods.
5. New contributions of the thesis
5.1 Regarding theory
- The thesis has academically strengthened and supplemented the concepts of
private universities (PUs), not-for-profit private universities; Classify and distinguish
between not-for-profit PUs and for-profit PUs; Clearly define the implications of
private universities in a not-for-profit direction
- Develop perspectives to develop PUs in a not-for-profit direction, thereby
providing a scientific basis for making policies to improve the administration of Pus
in a not-for-profit direction in accordance with the policy of comprehensive and
fundamental innovation of higher education and the trend of higher education
development in the world.
5.2. Regarding practice
- The thesis has summarized, compared and assessed the practice of
administration of PUs in a not-for-profit direction to clarify the advantages,
limitations, inadequacies and identify the underlying causes of this current
administrative situation.
- The author has proposed groups of solutions to improve the administration of
PUs in a not-for-profit direction.
6. Recent achieved results of the thesis
The thesis has clarified and deepened the theory and practice of adminstration
of PUs in a not-for-profit direction in Vietnam; thereby giving a comprehensive
evaluation of the current administrative situation of PUs in a not-for-profit direction,
specifying the advantages, limitations and inadequacies at present. Then propose
solutions to improve the administation of PUs in a not-for-profit direction in the
coming time
7. Conclusion of the thesis
In addition to Introduction, Conclusion, List of References and Appendix, the
thesis is structured into 4 chapters:
Chapter 1. Literature review of administration of PUs in a not-for-profit
direction
Chapter 2. Theoretical Background of administration of private universities in
a not-for-profit direction
Chapter 3. Current situation of administration of private universities in a not-
for-profit direction in Vietnam today
Chapter 4. Orientations and some solutions to improve the admistration of
private universities in a not-for-profit direction in Vietnam in Vietnam
Chapter 1
LITERATURE REVIEW OF ADMINISTRATION OF
PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES IN A NOT-FOR-PROFIT DIRECTION
1.1. Studies on private university model
Private University model in the world is very diverse but mainly divided into
two following basic types:
Type of non-profit private university:
Basic characteristics in terms of economy, legislation and organizational
structure of a "not-for-profit" operating unit are: (1) No profits are divided to anyone;
(2) There is no "owner" or "it owns itself", no investor, it can be said that the
properties are under "public ownership", the capital source is mainly from donation