Region - Educational Research and Reviews

The core mission of "high-level" construction in higher vocational colleges is to cultivate outstanding applied technical innovation talents. Establishing a sound innovation and entrepreneurship education system is an important approach during the "high-level" construction period to nurture outstanding talents in applied technical innovation. Currently, innovation and entrepreneurship education in higher vocational colleges faces challenges such as a single organizational structure, lack of synergy mechanisms, a uniform curriculum system without top-level design, a homogeneous teaching staff without entrepreneurial experience, and limited resources for practical platforms. To address these challenges, higher vocational colleges need to establish a multi-departmental collaborative management structure, including the establishment of an Innovation and Entrepreneurship College, Academic Affairs Department, and Student Affairs Department. They should also scientifically design a curriculum system consisting of "guidance courses, professional courses, and project-based courses," meticulously cultivate a tripartite team of innovation and entrepreneurship educators comprising "course instructors, project mentors, and competition mentors," and make concerted efforts to create a deep integration of the "production-training-competition" innovation and entrepreneurship education practice system at four levels to address these issues.