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Michele C. McDonnall; Jennifer L. Cmar – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2024
Introduction: Underemployment of people with visual impairments has long been a concern among professionals in the field of blindness and low vision, but limited research has been conducted on this topic. In this study, we assessed educational underemployment of employed college graduates with and without visual impairments to evaluate differences…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Visual Impairments, Underemployment, Employment Potential
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Jade Davies; Anna Melissa Romualdez; Elizabeth Pellicano; Anna Remington – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2024
Many autistic people are unemployed. Of those who are employed, many are in roles that do not reflect their skills, qualifications and/or capabilities, and little is known about how autistic people progress throughout their careers. This study aimed to review and synthesise the existing evidence about career progression for autistic people. In…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Employment Opportunities, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Promotion (Occupational)
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Ariel Schwartz; E. Sally Rogers – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2024
Background: Young adults (YA) with intellectual/developmental disabilities and co-occurring mental health conditions (MH) are underemployed. One reason may be a lack of accommodations that mitigate the impact of MH challenges at work. We explored common workplace MH impacts and supportive accommodations. Methods: Interviews with YA with…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Work Environment, Accessibility (for Disabled)
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Benjamin Mulvey; Alan Morris; Luke Ashton – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2024
Empirical research on international student migrants has sometimes homogenised this group, framing it as predominantly made up of privileged members of the global middle-class. This has led to calls to acknowledge and address the precarity faced by international students in their respective host countries more comprehensively. This study aims to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Private Sector, College Housing
Sarah Bollinger – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Scholars debate the criticism higher education has received for not adequately preparing students for careers that reflect employer and industry needs and low job placement rates (Holzner, 2017; Monis, 2018; Niu et al., 2019). The skills desired for today's qualified applicants continue to change, and employers are experiencing difficulty finding…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Career Readiness, Employment Potential, Job Skills
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Fasika Chekol – Cogent Education, 2024
This study examines an in-depth and systematic review of the effect of education on macroeconomic variables in Ethiopia, taking into account the effect of education systems on the skill gap and unemployment of graduates. Education economies in the literature show the effect of education on economic growth, as well as the effects of education on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Macroeconomics, Unemployment, Underemployment