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Download full textSobah Abbas Petersen; Maria Iqbal; Alan Williams; Gavin Baxter – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2023
Global Employability Skills are skills that students acquire during their study period, that are in addition to their academic knowledge and skills, and that would help in their careers. As students continue their university journeys, they often overlook or underestimate the importance of developing Global Employability Skills that employers may…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Employer Attitudes, Career Planning, Global Approach
Helsinger, Abigail; Cummins, Phyllis; Van Vleet, Samuel – Grantee Submission, 2021
The need for adult education and training (AET) is substantial, as labour markets require advanced skills. We used data from the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) for Canada, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and the United States (U.S.) to compare participation in AET by high- and low-skilled adults.…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Educational Opportunities, Educational Background, Adults
Arvidson, Lars; Rubenson, Kjell – 1991
This report reviews adult education policies within the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). It asserts that human resources and their impact on the economy depend on the kind of education and training the labor force receives. The main features of governance and finance, participation patterns, and present concerns are discussed. An appendix…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation, Educational Opportunities
Peer reviewedRoos, Patricia A. – American Sociological Review, 1983
Employing data from 12 industrial societies, investigates differences in the labor force behavior, occupational distribution, and attainment patterns of ever- and never-married women. Finds little support for the dual-career theory, which attributes womens' concentration in low-paying employment to gender differences in marital and childrearing…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Employment Level, Employment Patterns, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Blumberg, Melanie J. – 1986
An evaluation is made of the extent to which Scandinavian higher education has been democratized, noting democratization includes the four elements of: subordination of university decision making to parliamentary democracy and to corporate representative bodies; decentralization of higher education regionally; equal access to higher education on…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Change Strategies, Decentralization, Decision Making
Nicholson, Beryl – 1981
In Norway, there has been a change from net out-migration from rural areas to net in-migration since about 1970; however, this apparent change is a manifestation of changes in occupational patterns and characteristics of certain age groups. The rise in technical and professional occupations has been dramatic, and a particularly high proportion of…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Agricultural Occupations, Blue Collar Occupations, Career Choice
