SSRScientific and Social Research2661-43322981-9946Bio-Byword Scientific Publishing Pty. Ltd.10.26689/ssr.v8i5.15119ArticleResearch on Fostering Virtue and Cultivating People in Applied Undergraduate Universities from the Perspective of Recognition Theoryhttps://artdesignp.com/journal/SSR/8/5/10.26689/ssr.v8i5.15119LiuBing2026852026-06-05At present, applied undergraduate universities face practical challenges in fostering virtue and talent, including the lack of emotional recognition, misaligned legal recognition, and deviations in achievement recognition—essentially reflecting a deficiency or misplacement of recognition. Therefore, guided by recognition theory, universities should build an all-round and multi-level approach to fostering virtue and talent across three dimensions: creating an educational environment with humanistic care, improving the student-centered institutional system, and establishing an integrated evaluation system of morality and skills, so as to ultimately cultivate high-quality applied talents with moral character, professional skills and a strong sense of responsibility who adapt to regional economic and social development.

Qi Y, Zhao WH, 2025, Critical Theory Heading for Self-Termination: From Horkheimer to Honneth. Social Science Research, 2025(5): 176–183.

Wang YG, 2025, Research on the Construction of Teachers’ Ethics and Style in Applied Universities Guided by Educator Spirit. Jiangsu Higher Education, 2025(5): 33–38.

Fang X, 2025, Theoretical Connotation and Practical Path of Cultivating New-Era Individuals in Universities from the Perspective of Moral Education. Journal of Ideological & Theoretical Education, 2025(9): 144–151.

Chen LB, Gan PL, 2024, Conjugation and Integration of Recognition and Ideology: On the Debate between Honneth and Butler. Foreign Theoretical Trends, 2024(4): 51–60.

Xiong XM, Liang RP, 2024, Fair Reflection and Just Path of Educational Punishment from the Perspective of Recognition Theory. Journal of Teaching and Management, 2024(27): 6–10.