Journal of Higher Education Research

With the application of digital technologies such as big data and artificial intelligence in university governance, the construction of a smart security system and the deep integration of ideological and political education have become inevitable. University security work bears the important responsibility of maintaining campus safety and stability, preventing various safety hazards, and protecting the personal safety and property of faculty and students. Targeted ideological and political education, centered on the fundamental task of fostering virtue and nurturing talent, focuses on students' ideological motivations and developmental needs; the two share a high degree of consistency and overlap in their educational objectives. While the application of digital and intelligent technologies can break down information barriers in traditional teaching, it also presents entirely new challenges to the integrated education system in higher education. This paper analyzes the practical challenges facing the integrated development of these two areas in the context of digital and intelligent empowerment and offers preliminary explorations, with the aim of providing insights for enhancing the effectiveness of campus safety management and improving the precision of ideological and political work in higher education.