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Direct linkEve Klein; Jack Walton – Higher Education Research and Development, 2024
The strengthening employability paradigm within higher education has led to a situation where the practical value of liberal arts programmes is contested. While the potential for such programmes to develop valuable generic skills is recognised, critiques of liberal arts programmes centre around their loose structure and lack of clear alignment…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Job Skills, Liberal Arts
Rachel Busbridge; Ashlee Cunningham; Mark Chou – Higher Education Research and Development, 2024
Despite being a degree that leads to diverse employment in a wide range of industries, the Bachelor of Arts (BA) has long had a bad reputation when it comes to employment outcomes for graduates. The challenge of overcoming this disjuncture has significant implications for current and prospective BA students, especially with respect to attrition…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Student Attitudes, College Freshmen, Sense of Community
Neil van der Ploeg; Kelly Linden; Ben Hicks; Noelia Roman – Higher Education Research and Development, 2024
Universities actively promote themselves to potential students, control admissions and deliver programs of study. For most students globally, there are financial costs to attending university. At the extreme end of failure are students who receive 'zero-fails': they enrol, do not submit any assessments, and receive a mark of 0 out of 100. A…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Bachelors Degrees, Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students
Download full textKatrina Clifford – Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability, 2024
In Australian higher education, the push for curriculum innovation to enhance graduate employability is crucial but faces contention and debate. While the importance of integrating employability skills is widely recognised, perspectives on how and whether to incorporate these as curricular objectives vary, especially in liberal arts programs. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Bachelors Degrees, Liberal Arts
Alex Baumber; Giedre Kligyte; Susanne Pratt; Jacqueline Melvold; Lucy Allen; Bella Bowdler; Bem Le Hunte; Adrian Buck; Tyler Key – International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 2024
Relationships between students and external partners in work-integrated learning can vary and power dynamics, hierarchies and student agency have been under explored in research to date. Integrated research involving work-integrated learning, students as partners and transdisciplinarity presents an opportunity to enrich each of these fields. This…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Work Experience Programs, Interdisciplinary Approach
Emeline Jerez – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2024
The expansion of higher education has led to greater diversity among students, with a significant portion of them aged 25 and above. This demographic group represents a range of intersecting identities associated with their different roles, responsibilities, and life trajectories. While older students face obstacles to engagement, persistence, and…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Academic Persistence, Academic Achievement, College Freshmen
