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Autistic Graduates: Graduate Capital and Employability
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Pesonen, Henri V.; Tuononen, Tarja; Fabri, Marc; Lahdelma, Minja – Journal of Education and Work, 2022
An unprecedented number of autistic people are completing university and they frequently face unemployment after graduation. However, research focusing on the forms of graduate capital and their employability is scarce. The focus of existing research has been on non-autistic, or neurotypical, graduates. The human, social, cultural, identity and…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, College Graduates, Employment Potential, Human Capital
Experiencing the Workplace: The Importance and Benefits for Teenagers. OECD Education Policy Perspectives. No. 45
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OECD Publishing, 2021
The OECD Career Readiness project makes use of quantitative evidence to identify how teenage career-related activities and attitudes are linked with better adult employment outcomes. Review of multiple national longitudinal datasets confirms that teenage experiences of the workplace through part-time working and volunteering are routinely…
Descriptors: Work Experience Programs, Work Attitudes, Value Judgment, Adolescents
Information Technology, Mathematics Achievement and Educational Equity in Developed Economies
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Tan, Cheng Yong; Hew, Khe Foon – Educational Studies, 2017
The present study examined how access to home and school IT resources impacted student mathematics achievement. Data comprised 144,395 secondary school students from 7,308 schools in 22 developed economies who participated in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2012. Results of hierarchical linear modelling showed that after…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Mathematics Achievement
Who Attends Work-Related Training Five Years after Graduation? A Comparison across European Countries
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Storen, Liv Anne – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2013
What are the driving forces behind the unequal distribution of training after graduation among higher education graduates? Participation in lifelong learning is restricted here to work-related training. The paper aims at examining the mechanisms that cause variation in training rates, by taking into account fields of study, personal competency…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, Lifelong Learning, Graduation
Attracting and Retaining Student Talent from around the World: The Lived Experience in University-Industry Collaboration
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Vauterin, Johanna Julia; Michelsen, Karl-Erik; Linnanen, Lassi – Industry and Higher Education, 2013
To be prepared for changing student talent pools in emerging geographical markets, and to remain attractive to the coming waves of student mobility, the European higher education sector must improve its ability to absorb international student talent in greater numbers. This paper presents an analysis of the nature and value of university-industry…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Student Recruitment, Academic Persistence
Re-Imposing Our Will on the Information Economy.
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Schofield, Kaye – 1999
Globalization is an evolving concept characterized by economic, technological, social, and political dimensions. Vocational education and training (VET) practitioners and the VET system must make more conscious efforts to lead thinking about the social dimension of globalization. The mission of Australian VET today is largely couched in economic…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Context