Abstract

This study aimed to achieve three interrelated objectives: a) To study the current and desired conditions of educational management for enhancing the sustainable employment quality of higher vocational students, b) To develop an educational management model to enhance the sustainable employment quality of higher vocational students, and c) To evaluate the feasibility and adaptability of the proposed educational management model. A mixed-methods research design was employed, with 377 participants recruited from selected vocational education institutions in China, encompassing educational administrators, vocational instructors, and final-year vocational students. Data collection was conducted through multiple approaches, including questionnaires, interviews form, focus group discussions, and expert reviews. For Date analysis, descriptive statistical methods (percentage, mean, standard deviation), the Modified Priority Needs Index (PNI modified), and qualitative content analysis were applied in combination. The research findings identified six core dimensions of the educational management model: fostering career awareness and employability, advancing industry-education integration, optimizing curriculum frameworks, reinforcing career guidance and employment support services, upgrading vocational skills training and development systems, and refining institutional mechanisms and policy safeguards. Expert evaluation results verified that the proposed model exhibits high feasibility and adaptability across all assessment criteria. This study contributes a theoretically sound and practically operable framework for vocational education institutions to address the challenges in improving students' employment quality, especially in economically underdeveloped regions.

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