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Mihut, Georgiana – Studies in Higher Education, 2022
Do employers prioritize university prestige above an applicant's skills in the hiring process? To distinguish between the effect of human capital in the hiring process from the effect of the name of the graduating university--while controlling for networking effects--2,400 fictitious applications were submitted to IT and accounting jobs in the US,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reputation, Universities, Job Applicants
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Fenta, Haile Mekonnen; Asnakew, Zeleke Siraye; Debele, Petros Kibebew; Nigatu, Sifelig Taye; Muhaba, Aragaw Mulu – Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability, 2019
The purpose of this study was to determine the job placement profiles of the graduates of Bahir Dar University and the relevance of school-related factors to job placement. The study was conducted at Bahir Dar University with participants who were first-degree graduates from the 2015 and 2016 cohorts. Stratified multistage random sampling was used…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Job Placement, Profiles, Universities
Wilson, Robin – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2009
The number of colleges freezing faculty hiring seems to grow each week. Yet some institutions are going against the grain of the poor economy and appointing new professors. This decision has given those campuses an edge, yielding top-quality candidates who might not have been within reach in a more-competitive job market. In the nation's few flush…
Descriptors: Universities, Personnel Selection, Labor Market, Faculty
Reagan, Barbara B.; Maynard, Betty J. – AAUP Bulletin, 1974
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Higher Education, Labor Economics
Erekson, Thomas L.; McAlister, Brian K. – 1988
A study examined the search for university technology faculty members during 1986-87. The 71 position announcements in departments listed in the Industrial Teacher Education Directory and/or the Chronicle of Higher Education were analyzed. The heads of those departments were surveyed to find out the status of the search and the characteristics of…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), College Faculty, Competitive Selection, Education Work Relationship
McAlister, Brian K.; Erekson, Thomas L. – 1988
A study examining the search for university technology faculty members during 1987-88 confirmed the finding of a similar study a year earlier that universities are having a difficult time hiring qualified faculty members. One hundred forty position announcements were analyzed. The heads of those departments were surveyed to find out the status of…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), College Faculty, Competitive Selection, Education Work Relationship