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Molla, Tsegaye – Educational Research and Reviews, 2017
The difference in economic development among nations entirely emanates from difference in human capital development as it is the priority pathway out of poverty, diverse socio-economic and environmental crises. Although, huge investment in human capital development has long been made, mere investment will never lead to quality labor force unless…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economic Development, Factor Analysis, Path Analysis
OECD Publishing, 2017
Across OECD countries, more and more individuals have attained tertiary education and the share of those with less education has declined. Although there are more tertiary-educated individuals than ever before, they still achieve good labour market outcomes. This confirms that labour market demand is generally keeping pace with rising educational…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Labor Demands, Educational Attainment, Educational Indicators
Carmona, Carmen; Marhuenda Fluixá, Fernando; Hernaiz-Agreda, Nerea; Navas Saurin, Almudena A. – European Educational Research Journal, 2018
Young European graduates are crossing borders to work abroad more often than in the past. This trend is particularly evident in Southern Europe, where recent economic downturn has significantly diminished professional opportunities and career prospects. This study will investigate Spain, a country where unemployment has increased dramatically…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, College Graduates, Economic Climate, Labor Market
Ermsone, Daiga – European Training Foundation, 2019
The European Training Foundation (ETF) has been providing regular input to the European Commission in implementing the work programme of the Eastern Partnership, a joint policy initiative aimed at deepening and strengthening relations between the EU, its Member States and its six Eastern Neighbours -- Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Youth Employment, Skill Development, Public Policy
Brock, Allison; Ryan, Thomas G. – Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2016
The following integrative literature review illuminates the perceptible time gap that currently exists for new Ontario teachers graduating and moving from teacher preparation programs to permanent members of the Ontario teaching community. At a time of oversupply of teachers, many new teachers within Ontario and beyond its borders become…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Certification, Employment Potential, Supply and Demand
Thompson, Ron – Oxford Review of Education, 2017
This paper reports on findings from a three-year ethnographic study of 24 young people in northern England who were classified as not in education, employment or training (NEET), or at risk of becoming so. Drawing on conceptions of opportunity structure and educational marginality, the paper discusses the processes leading to young people becoming…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Out of School Youth, Ethnography, Unemployment
McMurray, Stephen – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2019
This article explores the impact of funding cuts to the Further Education colleges in Scotland. The reduction in the number of students in the colleges has been hugely politically controversial. The research utilised the Infact database on the Scottish Funding Council's website and also a literature review. The research found there had been a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Retrenchment, Educational Finance, Adult Education
Maxwell, G. A.; Broadbridge, A. M. – Studies in Higher Education, 2017
Generation Y can be taken to be the group of people born between 1977 and 2000. The aim of this paper is to investigate the initial career entry and long-term career employment expectations of UK undergraduate Generation Ys, in order to inform employability skills development in higher education. The empirical research comprises 26 focus groups…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Expectation
Schuch, Johanna Claire – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2018
Hispanic youth are entering the U.S. labor market in increasing numbers. Their experiences and outcomes can teach us about the degree to which Hispanic migrants and their children are successfully integrating into U.S. society. While we know about the disadvantages Hispanic immigrant youth face in securing professional careers, less is known about…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Immigrants, Labor Market, Barriers
Acker, Sandra; Haque, Eve – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2017
In 2001-2002, the authors of this article interviewed 31 ethno-culturally diverse doctoral students about their experiences in a sociology of education program at a Canadian university. Approximately 10 years later, in a second qualitative study, we had the chance to conduct semi-structured interviews with 13 of the former students to find out…
Descriptors: Doctoral Degrees, Graduate Surveys, Interviews, Educational Sociology
Luo, Yan; Guo, Fei; Shi, Jinghuan – Higher Education Research and Development, 2018
This article tests effectively maintained inequality theory against the case of China. Employing Chinese College Student Survey data from 2012, the study elaborates on the rationale and causes behind the expansion of higher education over the last two decades and the impact this has had on the system. Rather than empowering disadvantaged students,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Surveys, Higher Education
David, Miriam E. – Education Sciences, 2015
I look at the changes in higher education (HE) and women's lives over the last 50 years, drawing on my recent book "Feminism, Gender & Universities: Politics, Passion & Pedagogies" which is a life history of feminism entering academe. The Robbins Report (cmnd 2154 1963) on HE was published in the same year that I went to…
Descriptors: Womens Education, Equal Education, Higher Education, Females
Henrickson, Kevin E. – Journal of Education for Business, 2014
Many undergraduate students report a lack of concern about facing labor market discrimination throughout their careers. However, there is ample evidence that discrimination based on race, gender, and age still persists within the labor market. The author outlines a classroom experiment demonstrating the existence of discrimination, even when the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Labor Market, Educational Games, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Brown, Alan – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2016
Individuals who pass through low-skilled work in their careers can represent this phase as showing strength of character as obstacles are overcome. However, continuing to work in low-skilled employment has so many negative consequences that finding ways to assist those individuals' career development is an important challenge for guidance policy…
Descriptors: Unskilled Workers, Labor Market, Career Development, Employment Qualifications
OECD Publishing, 2017
Although girls and boys perform similarly in the PISA science assessment at age 15, girls are less likely than boys to envision a career in science and engineering, even in countries where they outperform them. Current gender disparities in the labour market will not be addressed by the inflow of new graduates: in all OECD and partner countries,…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Labor Market, Science Careers, Engineering