Research on the Institutional Leadership in the Transformation and Development of Private Colleges and Universities in Shaanxi Province and the Cultivation of Applied Talent

From the perspective of institutional designation of the government, from the central government to the provincial government, a series of policies has been carried out so as to lead the schools to transform into the applied schools; from the perspective of cultivating the talent, it is necessary to promote the construction of the vocational education, to strengthen the integration of teaching and the relevant industries, and to improve the cooperation between the schools and enterprises, so as to cultivate the high-quality workers and the applied talents. Combining and integrating the two perspectives above, the transformation of private colleges and universities in Shaanxi Province aims at vocational education, at the same time, the cultivation of applied talents also has been taken as the target and means of transformation. It is of great significance to break down the institutional obstacles and bottlenecks in the development and transformation of the private education, and to promote the healthy development of the private education. In Shaanxi Province, there are 57 private colleges and universities (or institutes), including 9 private universities, 9 private vocational colleges, and 12 independent colleges; in these schools, 20 schools have the right to grant bachelor degrees, 1 school has the right to grant professional master degree ([1]). Private colleges and universities in Shaanxi Province have played an important role in increasing educational resources, providing educational choices and innovating the educational management system and mechanism. The purpose of the transformation and development of private colleges and universities in Shaanxi Province is to promote the transformation of more private colleges and universities in other provinces, or even to provide some useful references and experiences to other colleges and universities, "to realize the overall optimization of higher education structure in the foreseeable time, and to provide strong scientific, technological and talent supports for adapting and leading the New Normal situation of the economy in China, implementing innovation-driven strategy, and promoting the industrial transformation and upgrading" ([2]).