International Journal of Education

Academic administrators in application-oriented undergraduate institutions serve as the core force in teaching management, whose professional competence directly impacts the quality of educational operations and the effectiveness of talent cultivation. Currently, the academic administrator team faces practical challenges such as diverse professional backgrounds, underdeveloped career pathways, insufficient information application skills, and a need to strengthen service awareness, making it difficult to fully meet the demands of deepening higher education reform. Based on a systematic training perspective, this study proposes an integrated pathway for enhancing the quality of academic administrators, encompassing the construction of a tiered training system, reinforcement of a service orientation, improvement of information literacy, optimization of incentive mechanisms, promotion of teamwork, and facilitation of professional development. The aim is to build a high-quality, professional team of academic administrators, providing human resource support for improving the effectiveness of teaching management and the connotative development of application-oriented undergraduate institutions.

Application-oriented universities; Academic administrators; Quality; Improvement strategies