The Competence of Dean of Academic Affairs in Higher Vocational Colleges in China:Connotation,Characteristics and Improvement Paths
The competence of the dean of academic affairs in higher vocational colleges plays a direct role in improving the quality of talents cultivation,professional sustainable development,social service level,and teaching management efficiency.By comparing the differences between ordinary universities and higher vocational colleges in terms of macro-level school-running essential attributes,meso-level secondary management mechanisms,and micro-level job responsibilities,this paper clarifies the basic connotation of the deans'competence.Through closed-ended questionnaire surveys conducted among school leaders,deans of academic affairs,relevant functional department managers,and full-time teachers from national double-high colleges and other higher vocational colleges in the eastern,central,and western provinces of China,this paper depicts the characteristics of the deans'competence and constructs a competence model.Based on this,several targeted improvement paths for the competence of dean of academic affairs in higher vocational colleges are proposed.
higher vocational collegesdean of academic affairscompetence characteristicsimprovement paths