Exploration of the Integrated Vocational and General Education Talent Cultivation Model in Higher Education from the Perspective of Industry–Education Integration

Abstract

With the development of the social economy and the transformation of industrial structures, higher education faces new challenges in talent cultivation, particularly in the collaborative development of academic education and vocational education, which urgently requires innovation. From the perspective of industry-education integration, this study systematically explores the theoretical foundation, structural construction, and optimization pathways of the integrated vocational and general education talent cultivation model in higher education. The study finds that industry-education integration provides external driving forces for the integration of vocational and general education through the deep linkage between educational systems and industrial systems; the integration of vocational and general education, in turn, achieves the coordinated enhancement of academic literacy, professional competence, and personal development through curriculum integration, diversified learning pathways, and the optimization of talent cultivation mechanisms. On this basis, the study proposes constructing multidimensional and collaborative talent cultivation objectives, a cross-boundary integrated curriculum system, and diversified learning pathways, and promoting model optimization through systematic talent cultivation mechanisms, collaborative resource integration and sharing, and innovative iteration. The study provides theoretical support and practical reference for higher education to build an open, flexible, and sustainable model for cultivating compound talents.