EIREducational Innovation Research3029-18443029-1852WHIOCE PUBLISHING PTE. LTD.10.18063/EIR.v4i4.1943ArticleThe Imperative and Practice of Fostering the Spirit of Educators Among Counselors in Colleges and Universitieshttps://artdesignp.com/journal/EIR/4/4/10.18063/EIR.v4i4.1943WangShaofang2026442026-04-26The spirit of educators represents the intellectual and ethical assets accumulated by educators through long-term pedagogical practice. The system of counselors in colleges and universities constitutes a vital component of ideological and political work in higher education and a key link in fulfilling the fundamental task of fostering virtue through moral education. Integrating the spirit of educators into the capacity-building of counselors in colleges and universities serves as a major initiative in cultivating new-generation talents for the era by shaping their moral character. Counselors in colleges and universities must deeply grasp the value implications and operational logic of the spirit of educators, and align their practice with the contemporary mandate of educating people for the Party and cultivating talents for the country, thereby continuously enhancing the appeal and targetedness of ideological and political education.Fostering virtue through moral education, Counselors in colleges and universities, The spirit of educators

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