Thinking on the Cultivation of Applied Talents in Local Colleges and Universities

The transitional development of local colleges and universities meets the needs of China's economic and social development and the adjustment of higher education structure. The transition from a local college to a university of applied sciences which aims to cultivating applied talents must achieve five core shifts: the principle of major setting shifts from the perspective of pedagogy to the perspective of sociology; the talent training programs must be changed from an academic perspective to an applied perspective; constructing versatile rather than one-dimensional teaching staff group; teaching model reform must shift from theoretical instruction to the cooperation of industry, learning and research; teaching management mode should change from rigid to flexible. As long as the five core shifts are implemented, the transitional development of local colleges and universities can be realized.