Difficulties and Countermeasures for the Optimization and Transformation of Disciplines and Specialties in Local Application-Oriented Universities

Leian Liu; Jieqiong Han; Ting Wu; Ling Yang; Dashun Yan

doi:10.70088/69jmpz58

Authors

Leian Liu Academic Affairs Office (Admissions Office), Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou, China Author
Jieqiong Han College of Artificial Intelligence, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou, China Author
Ting Wu College of Artificial Intelligence, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou, China Author
Ling Yang College of Automation, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou, China Author
Dashun Yan College of Artificial Intelligence, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou, China Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.70088/69jmpz58

Keywords:

Local application-oriented universities, optimization of disciplines and specialties, transformation development, policy guidance, integration of industry and education

Abstract

Against the backdrop of high-quality development of higher education and the strategic goal of building a leading country in education, local application-oriented universities, as core vehicles for serving regional economic and social development and cultivating application-oriented talents, find the optimization and transformation of their disciplines and specialties to be an inevitable pathway to align with national educational reform directives and meet the demands of industrial upgrading. In recent years, China has issued a series of intensive policies for the adjustment and optimization of disciplines and specialties, providing clear guidance for the transformation of local universities. However, constrained by multiple factors such as uneven resource endowments, misconceptions in development philosophies, and rigid institutional mechanisms, local application-oriented universities still face numerous practical difficulties in discipline and specialty layout, depth of industry-education integration, faculty development, and dynamic adjustment mechanisms. Based on the orientation of national top-level policies, this paper reviews the historical context of discipline and specialty optimization and transformation in local application-oriented universities, deeply analyzes the core pain points and prominent difficulties in the current reform process, and further proposes targeted and actionable optimization strategies from key dimensions such as positioning calibration, mechanism improvement, resource integration, and evaluation reform. The aim is to help local application-oriented universities break through development bottlenecks, build a discipline and specialty system that meets regional needs and features distinctive characteristics, and comprehensively enhance the quality of talent cultivation and the capacity for social service.

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