Multidimensional Applied Talent Cultivation in the Context of European and American Universities: Practical Dilemmas and Social Path Reconstruction

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10.2991/978-94-6239-733-0_16How to use a DOI?

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applied talent cultivation; higher education governance; industry-education integration; social pathway; experience of Europe and the United States

Abstract

Cultivating applied talents for future industries is a key strategy for addressing dilemmas in socioeconomic development and industrial restructuring. In view of the structural dilemmas in China’s current applied undergraduate talent cultivation, such as discipline-based path dependence, insufficient capacity to solve complex engineering problems, and weakened humanistic value cultivation, this paper systematically extracts the institutional experience and social logic of applied talent cultivation in European and American universities from the perspective of sociology of higher education and governance theory. It further constructs a four-dimensional social path framework, including multi-cooperative quality evaluation, industry-oriented curriculum system, interdisciplinary collaborative education, and value guidance with humanistic value shaping. This study aims to reveal the deep-seated systematic dilemmas of applied talent cultivation in universities, and provide theoretical references and practical solutions for resolving the misalignment between talent supply and demand, improving universities’ social service capabilities, and optimizing the university talent training system.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Kang He
AU  - Xiao Deng
AU  - Zhuanzhe Zhao
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/07/17
TI  - Multidimensional Applied Talent Cultivation in the Context of European and American Universities: Practical Dilemmas and Social Path Reconstruction
BT  - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Internet, Education and Information Technology (IEIT 2026)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 133
EP  - 144
SN  - 2667-128X
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6239-733-0_16
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6239-733-0_16
ID  - He2026
ER  -