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Brown, Phillip; Souto-Otero, Manuel – Journal of Education Policy, 2020
A major focus of sociological research is on the role of the credential as a 'currency of opportunity', mediating the relationship between education and occupational destinations. However, the labour market has largely remained a 'black box' in sociological and education policy studies. This article draws on 'big data' from over 21,000,000 job…
Descriptors: Credentials, Qualifications, Employment Qualifications, Education Work Relationship
O'Keefe, Bryan; Vedder, Richard – John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy (NJ1), 2008
This paper is about a court case decided by the U. S. Supreme Court in 1971. Although attorneys recognize that the case is important to businesses, its impact on colleges and universities has been explored by only a few. As this paper will show, "Griggs v. Duke Power" may have enormously boosted the number of students in college and may…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Court Litigation, Academic Degrees, Minimum Competencies