A Study on the Adjustment Pathways of Undergraduate Specialty Structure in Shanghai HEIs from the Perspective of the Alignment between Supply and Demand of Talents
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Shanghai higher education institutions; undergraduate specialty structure; industry alignment; dynamic specialty adjustment; matching degree between talent cultivationAbstract
As China’s economic center and a global metropolis, Shanghai emphasizes undergraduate specialty structure in higher education institutions(HEIs) to determine the matching efficiency between the quality of talent cultivation and industrial development. Based on the data on from 39 academic HEIs in Shanghai in 2023, and combined with the current situation of regional industrial development, this study adopts literature review, data analysis, and comparative analysis to systematically examine the characteristics of undergraduate specialty structure, their matching degree with industrial structure, and dynamic adjustment mechanisms. The findings reveal several prominent issues including excessive concentration of program offerings, significant homogenization, lagging development of emerging specialties, insufficient flexibility in adjustment and so on. These issues result in a notable mismatch between talent cultivation and the demands of three leading industries and future industries. Accordingly, this paper proposes optimization pathways from three dimensions, that is, policy coordination, industry-driven development, and self-adjustment of HEIs, to provide a reference for enhancing the capacity of higher education to serve regional high-quality economic development.
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