Performance evaluation of industry-education integration in higher education from the perspective of coupling coordination-an empirical study based on Chongqing

relationship between higher education, industry, and regional environment [16]. Taking the industry-education integration as the development direction, promoting the all-round integra- tion of structural elements on the supply side of higher education and the demand side of industrial development, collaborating in school-enterprise cooperation to cultivate a large number of high-quality applied talents. Under the guidance of policies, the industry-education integration has attracted widespread attention from all walks of life. More and more enter- prises have joined in the practice of collaborative education through the industry-education integration, actively exploring various forms of school-enterprise cooperation models. Performance evaluation is the "baton" for the industry-education integration, which is related to the development direction of the industry-education integration. In December 2017, the General Office of the State Council issued "Several Opinions on Deepening the Integration of Industry and Education", which clearly stated that "actively support social third-party insti- tutions to carry out performance evaluation of the industry-education integration, improve the statistical evaluation system. Strengthen the use of monitoring and evaluation results as an important basis for performance assessment, investment guidance, pilot implementation, and commendation and incentives". In January 2019, the State Council issued "the National Plan for the Reform and Implementation of Vocational Education", which pointed out that

"improve the quality evaluation mechanism jointly participated by the government, industries, enterprises, vocational institutions, and actively support third-party institutions to carry out assessments". In October 2020, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council issued "the Overall Plan for Deepening Education Evaluation Reform in the New Era", which regarded the industry-education integration and cooperation between schools and enterprises as the key content of higher education performance evaluation, further highlighting the importance of performance evaluation of industry-education integration, and pointing out the direction for improving vocational education evaluation system. The academic community home and abroad has actively explored the performance and evaluation of industry-education integration, with different opinions. Some scholars believe that the performance of industry-education integration is reflected in many aspects. Univer- sity-industry cooperation promotes resource complementarity, which can bring scientific research operating funds and advanced experimental equipment to universities, and promote the improvement of scientific research performance. For example, Abramo et al. used biblio- metric methods to investigate the scientific research performance of university-industry col- laborations between Italian universities and domestic industries. Through empirical testing, they found that researchers involved in university-industry collaborations achieved better sci-

entific research performance [17]. Meyer Krahmer and Schmoch’s research found that cooper- ation between enterprises and universities has significantly increased, but the interaction patterns in different technological fields are not consistent. For traditional university teaching and research activities, external resources such as funding support, creative sources, and exper- imental equipment can be obtained through school enterprise cooperation, which can help improve performance [18]. By integrating modern science and technology such as deep learn- ing into products, it can effectively promote the improvement of product technology level [19]. Some scholars also believe that in the industry-education integration, the goals of schools and enterprises are not the same. Universities pursue collaborative education, while enter- prises pursue economic benefits. There are contradictions and interests in school-enterprise cooperation, which do not significantly affect performance. In some cases, it may even have a negative impact on performance. For example, D’Este et al. conducted a study using relevant data from British universities and found that there was no significant positive or negative rela- tionship between school enterprise cooperation and university research performance [20]. Rentocchini et al. used propensity score matching estimation methods to study the PLOS ONE Performance evaluation of industry-education integration in higher education based on coupling coordination PLOS ONE | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0308572 September 18, 2024 3 / 22