This paper explores how counselors enhance career planning and mental health in vocational education, suggesting improved institutional strategies.
The distinctiveness of vocational undergraduate education and the heterogeneity of student populations necessitate targeted adjustments to educational models, student affairs priorities, and institutional strategies in vocational institutions. Building on student development theory (SDT), this paper explores the role positioning and functional deepening of counselors in vocational undergraduate colleges. counselors should assume multifaceted roles as career planning navigators, practical education facilitators, mental health advocates, industry-education integration coordinators, and campus culture architects. Functional deepening strategies are advanced through integrated ideological-political education and vocational literacy, career planning and employment guidance, psychosocially supported experiential learning, information technology empowerment, and home-school collaboration. Implementation frameworks include policy/institutional support, professional development systems, cross-disciplinary partnerships, and global benchmarking to foster holistic student development.
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