ERIC Number: EJ1330024
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Feb
Pages: 23
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ISSN: ISSN-1028-3153
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Employment Prospects of Graduates from Sino-Foreign Cooperative Universities in China
Wu, Shiyong; Zhou, Shuyi; Huang, Mingxi; Chen, Wei
Journal of Studies in International Education, v26 n1 p21-43 Feb 2022
This article aims to examine the employment prospects of graduates from Sino-foreign cooperative universities (SFCUs) compared with those from local Chinese universities. Drawing on the annual employment quality reports released by six SFCUs, the findings indicated that SFCU graduates had distinct advantages in terms of both further study and direct employment. Specifically, the overall employment rate reached 95.84%; over half of the graduates pursued further study abroad in world-class foreign universities, close to one-third continued further studies in elite domestic universities, and one-sixth were employed by transnational or local large organizations. These results suggest that SFCU graduates were equipped with distinct competitive advantages for employment, further supported by an affluent family background and the high-quality requirement for admission. Meanwhile, the findings also raise concerns about brain drain, economic flows, overeducation, reduced entrepreneurial passion, and unemployment dilemma for graduates from lesser known SFCUs.
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Foreign Countries, College Graduates, Educational Cooperation, International Cooperation, Institutional Characteristics, Universities, Comparative Analysis, Study Abroad, Reputation, Educational Quality, Competition, Advantaged, Family Characteristics, College Admission, Brain Drain, Economic Factors, Educational Attainment, Entrepreneurship, Unemployment
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
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