Abstract: Second-tier school's academic governance regulation is not only the bottom support of academic governance system， but also the necessary meaning and important node to promote the modernization of academic governance system and governance ability of the colleges and universities. In fact， the practice of “Double First-Class” construction of second-tier school's academic governance in colleges and universities reveals the problems of homogenization of statutes， unclear definition of academic rights and responsibilities between colleges and universities， and the “failure” of the boundary between administrative power and academic power， which is embedded with such irrational logic as interests avoidance， path inertia， and passive response. To achieve the rational return of second-tier school's academic governance regulation， we should activate the autonomy of second-tier school's academic governance regulation， eliminate the internal inertia of administrative and academic centralization， and strengthen the competition and balance between administrative and academic power.

Key words: second-tier school's academic governance; academic power; administrative power