The Effect of Classifying Colleges and Universities from the Perspective of Functional Differentiation in Human Resource Development-An Empirical Analysis of Three Universities in Southeast Mainland China

Understanding the gap between educational mission and students’ recognition helps to improve classification of colleges and universities. This paper focuses on the perception of functional differentiation in the process of human resource development, through a case study of research and teaching type universities in southeast Mainland China. By comparing students’ self-evaluation of the target talents, it was clarified that there is a clear dichotomy between the research and the teaching university in terms of academic human resource development. Regarding holistic human resource development, there is difference between the research university and independent college, but the gap is not obvious. Comparatively, the role of the general university is not clear. Moreover, based on step multiple regression analysis, it emerged that appropriate education and student support are of vital importance to human resource development. Based on these results, it is suggested that universities should identify deficiencies in