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Abstract： This study traces the career trajectories of 2 546 top administrators at 77
public universities in Beijing between 1978 and 2018. The data is analyzed by applying
the vacancy chain model as well as the log鄄linear model to explore the personnel
mobility of top administrative positions at universities which are affiliated to different
ministries and local government （referred to as Tiao鄄Kuai， with Tiao indicating vertical
lines of authority from top down and Kuai indicating horizontal levels of authority of the
territorial government）， and the personnel mobility between the universities and other
governmental organizations. Chinese public universities are structured under a stratified
system of ministerial and provincial level universities. The structural characteristics and
trends of personnel mobility of these different positions are compared. The study finds
that the vacancy chain of top administrative positions at Beijing public universities is
relatively short， indicating that exchanges of personnels between universities and
government offices are quite frequent. However， top university administrators normally
only move around within the universities belonging to the same ministry（Tiao）， or
universities affiliated to the local government（Kuai）. Exceptions are rare. It is also
noticed that the personnel mobility among the universities under the Ministry of
Education is lower than that of the universities under the Beijing municipal government
or other government ministries. Nearly half of the presidents and Party secretaries at
Beijing public universities are appointed from people within the same university
（insiders）. The rest are from superior administration， or other universities belonging to
the same government offices. For the universities affiliated to the Ministry of Education，
40% of top administrators are insiders，and the rest 60% are recruited from different
backgrounds. For the other ministerial universities， nearly half of top administrators are
insiders，and about one quarter are from within the same ministry. For the Beijing
municipal universities，30% of top leaders are insiders and one quarter come from other
municipal universities. Due to the changes in the government cadre management rules
and in the higher education administrative system， the patterns of Tiao鄄Kuai mobility
and the mobility between universities and other government organizations do vary from
time to time.
Keywords：Tiao鄄Kuai mobility of university leaders，higher education administrative
system，cadre management regulation，vacancy chain model，log鄄linear model

条块关系是中国国家治理的一个重要议题。“条条”是指从中央政
府延续到基层各级政府中职能相似部门，实行上下垂直管理；“块块”是

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