Reform of talent cultivation in higher vocational education in an ethnic region from the perspective of economic

Abstract

This study explores the laws and characteristics of the supply side structural reform of higher vocational education talent in an ethnic region of China, namely Guangxi. The aim of the study is to provide theoretical basis and policy considerations for the improvement of the higher vocational education system via high-quality talent supply in ethnic regions such as Guangxi. Using theory, history, and practice as its three lenses, this paper discusses the particular characteristics and laws of talent supply in higher vocational education in Guangxi. Firstly, core concepts of supply and demand in the supply side structural reform of higher vocational education talents in Guangxi are extracted. Then, how to introduce this pair of economic categories into the discussion of higher vocational education is considered. Finally, the perspective of stakeholders in higher vocational education and the value of talent supply side structural reform is summarized. Two macroeconomic theories are applied to the analysis: the “New Supply Economics Theory”, whose core is “New Supply Creating” “New Demand” and the “Public Goods Theory”, which mainly explores the joint governance of multiple subjects in public goods. Because higher vocational education is a quasi-public product, the key to talent supply is to grasp the relationship between the government and the market. Achieving a model of multi-subject joint governance of higher vocational education in Guangxi under the leadership of the government will be valuable. To this end, this study constructs a theoretical framework for exploring the supply side structural reform of higher vocational education talents in Guangxi through an interdisciplinary application of these two theories. By closely examining the supply side structural reform of higher vocational education talents in Guangxi, it is hoped that a model of talent supply side structural reform applicable to the vast ethnic regions can be derived.