Development of Academic Programs in the Digital Age: Practice from China

One of the main purposes of higher education is to prepare students to adapt to the needs of a changing society. On the basis of discussing the function of academic programs and the interdisciplinary revolution in the digital age, this chapter summarizes the Chinese higher education system from three main dimensions: the catalog of disciplines, the framework of "four new" disciplines and the action plan of vocational education. In response to the new requirements of academic curriculum reform in the digital age, this paper describes the concrete measures taken by China's academic program reform to cultivate compound talents and strengthen the collaboration of universities. This paper expounds the future trends in the development of higher education programs, such as blended teaching, interdisciplinary talent training, diversification, information literacy training, university cooperation, new systems and new methods of project evaluation, and puts forward operational strategies for reconstructing academic programs.