Grounded in the Municipal Industry-Education Consortium: Organizational Logic and Construction Pathways for Art and Design Specialty Groups
Abstract
With the transformation and upgrading of industries, along with the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, higher vocational education in art and design is facing new developmental challenges. As an emerging integrative ecosystem, the municipal industry-education consortium offers a strategic pathway to address these challenges by deepening collaboration between education and industry and fostering the coordinated development of both sectors. Grounded in the framework of the municipal industry-education consortium, this study proposes a top-level organizational model for art and design specialty groups characterized by industry-chain-driven development, interdisciplinary integration, and growth-employment orientation. It further explores multiple development pathways, including innovations in consortium council governance, dynamic talent cultivation models, shared curriculum systems, dual-track teaching teams, and multi-tiered practice bases. Collectively, these pathways establish a comprehensive specialty group system in which core specialties drive development, supporting specialties ensure interdependence, and extended specialties foster mutual advancement. The findings provide theoretical insights and practical guidance for advancing the modernization and high-quality transformation of vocational art and design education, contributing to the cultivation of innovative and application-oriented professionals aligned with industrial restructuring and the development of new productive forces.
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