Abstract:

Higher education is a complex system with multiple interest patterns，and the governance of higher education has special and complex rules and regulations.Protocol mechanism is an important part of higher education governance system，which can be can be divided into four types according to its function：regulating mechanism，dynamic mechanism，guarantee mechanism and coordination mechanism.Regulating mechanism attaches great importance to contract which，through law and university charter，clarifies each other's boundaries of powers and responsibilities.Dynamic mechanism can solve the problem of subjectivity，which makes the governance of higher education more effective to play an important role in organizational decision and goal motivation.Guarantee mechanism is to ensure high quality of higher education through multiple funding and clear responsibilities.Coordination mechanism is to reduce the risk of default through decentralization and multi-agent collaborative participation，to mitigate the conflict of interests through the buffer organization，to strengthen the links between higher education，government，and society，and to enhance the relevance of higher education.

Key words: higher education governance, protocol mechanism, dynamic mechanism, guarantee mechanism, coordination mechanism