International Experience and China's Approach in Empowering College Students' Development Through Generative Artificial Intelligence
Generative artificial intelligence(GenAI) profoundly impacts the social division of labor and career patterns,driving the reshaping of societal knowledge and a rapid evolution in the perception of talent. The chal-lenge for higher education is how to keep pace with the progress of the times and the new changes in the labor market structure,deepen the implementation of the fundamental task of cultivating people with moral integrity,meet the new demands for talent cultivation,and actively innovate in order to better promote student develop-ment. This is not only the current reality faced by higher education but also a practical problem that urgently needs to be solved. This study is theoretically guided by Astin's framework of institutional influence and higher education evaluation. Through collating application guidelines of GenAI released by 38 world-class universities and by applying grounded theory and hierarchical clustering methods,it is found that the characteristics of the ap-plication of GenAI to empower students' development in world-class universities manifest as attaching impor-tance to the starting point,respecting differences,focusing on the process,and emphasizing development. Based on their own development positioning,universities present three types of differentiated attitudes towards the appli-cation of GenAI:strategic layout,defensive response,and targeted integration. Additionally,a series of scenarios such as standardized application,intelligent study companions,and high-awareness learning have been construct-ed. Based on the above forward-looking international experiences,it is proposed that universities in China deepen the exploration of their paths from three aspects:enhancing the cognition of functional value,detailing the guid-ance of the policy framework,and intensifying the creation of application scenarios.