TITLE:
From Collaboration to Integration: Exploring the Path of Deep Integration of Industry and Education in Higher Vocational Colleges from the Perspective of Stakeholders
AUTHORS:
Junjun Song
KEYWORDS:
Double High School Plan, Integration of Industry and Education, Higher Vocational Colleges, Stakeholders
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.13 No.12,
December
25,
2025
ABSTRACT: Under the current background of vocational education reform led by the “Double High Plan”, the integration of industry and education between higher vocational colleges and regional enterprises still faces practical difficulties such as shallow cooperation, resource misallocation, and goal conflicts. Based on the perspective of stakeholders, this study takes three “double-high” colleges that focus on communications electronics, finance and business fields, and comprehensive characteristics as cases. It uses qualitative research methods and conducts semi-structured interviews with 12 school and enterprise personnel, participatory observation, and secondary data analysis to deeply explore the specific form, interaction process, and sources of conflicts of the integration of industry and education. The study found that the integration of industry and education in “double-high” colleges has evolved from “internship base/order training” to “industrial college/technology research and development center” and then to “industry chain collaboration platform”. There are three core contradictions in the interaction process: the misalignment of “industrial attributes” and “educational attributes” in the connection of resources, the blurring of rights and responsibilities in “emphasis on form over content” in the sharing of responsibilities, and the value conflict between the “educating humanity” of colleges and universities and the “utilitarianism” of enterprises in terms of fundamental goals. The root cause lies in the failure of all parties to build a sustainable coordination mechanism with “balanced interests, resource adaptation, and clear rules.” By revealing the deep interactive logic of industry-education integration, this study provides theoretical basis and practical reference for building a deep integration path between schools and enterprises, and expands the explanatory boundaries of stakeholder theory in the field of vocational education.