With the further implementation of quality education, higher vocational education occupies a more and more important position in the national education system and takes on task of cultivation of high-quality talents who have the knowledge of national construction, management, and production for socialism. Ideological and political education is an integral part of educations in colleges and universities, which is equally important for higher vocational education. In recent years, higher vocational education has yielded a series of results in the ideological and political education, while it also encountered a lot of problems. Based on this background, this paper discusses the path of development of ideological and political education of vocational college students under the perspective of collaborative innovation.