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Caricati, Luca; Chiesa, Rita; Guglielmi, Dina; Mariani, Marco Giovanni – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2016
The research undertaken for this article aims to analyse the correspondence between perceived employability and the actual national employment rate among Italian students and graduates undertaking different courses in a large Italian university. Data were collected through a cross-sectional survey of 2087 students in 19 faculties, and compared…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employment Potential, Graduate Surveys, Comparative Analysis
Aydede, Yigit; Orbay, Benan Zeki – European Journal of Higher Education, 2016
This paper aims to develop a better understanding about the labour market dynamics behind the unparalleled demand in higher education and dragging growth rates in vocational high school (VHS) education in Turkey. While estimating labour market outcomes of fields of study has been the subject of many studies in the West, such studies are lacking in…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Majors (Students), Labor Market, Educational Policy
Mok, Ka Ho – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2016
Globalisation and the evolution of the knowledge-based economy have caused dramatic worldwide changes in the character and functions of education, particularly higher education. In the search for global competitiveness, many emerging economies have begun to expand their higher education systems, which has significantly affected the relationship…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Higher Education, Equal Education, Foreign Countries
Gimpelson, V. E. – Russian Education & Society, 2016
It is generally accepted that human capital is an important factor in economic growth, but its impact on growth depends on the demand for education and skills on the labor market. Demand for human capital is largely determined by the institutional environment that governs the basic conditions for economic activity. The author expresses ten doubts…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economic Factors, Human Capital, Educational Demand
Graf, Lukas – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2016
Austria, Germany and Switzerland are renowned for their extensive systems of collective vocational skill formation, which, however, have developed largely in separation from higher education. This divide has become increasingly contested as a result of a variety of socioeconomic factors that have led to an increasing demand for higher level…
Descriptors: Models, Cross Cultural Studies, Vocational Education, Higher Education
Aragon, Stephanie – Education Commission of the States, 2016
This brief is the first in a series of reports examining the teacher shortage dilemma. It considers what the research says about teacher shortages and highlights recent state task force findings. Designed to guide state leaders in policy decisions, the briefs that follow examine five strategies states are using to address shortages: (1)…
Descriptors: Teacher Shortage, Alternative Teacher Certification, Incentives, Teacher Orientation
Pratt, John – Higher Education Review, 2013
In 2008, three universities of applied sciences in the Helsinki metropolitan area of Finland signed a partnership agreement to form the Federation of Universities of Applied Sciences (FUAS). In 2011 FUAS invited a small team of international experts to undertake a curriculum review of a sample of its programmes. This article reports some of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technology, Higher Education, Labor Market
Brown, Tony – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2013
Five years after the global financial crisis, and trillions of dollars in stimulus spending later, the crisis not only remains unresolved, but risks entering a new deeper phase in southern Europe. The global turbulence, although experienced with differing degrees of intensity and dislocation around the world, manifests as high unemployment,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economic Climate, Labor Relations, Skills
Rossin-Slater, Maya; Ruhm, Christopher J.; Waldfogel, Jane – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2013
This analysis uses March Current Population Survey data from 1999 to 2010 and a differences-in-differences approach to examine how California's first in the nation paid family leave (PFL) program affected leave-taking by mothers following childbirth, as well as subsequent labor market outcomes. We obtain robust evidence that the California program…
Descriptors: Mothers, Fringe Benefits, Leaves of Absence, Evidence
Sinclair, Samantha; Carlsson, Rickard – Journal of Adolescence, 2013
The present study examined the impact of gender identity threat on adolescents' occupational preferences. Two hundred and ninety-seven adolescents (45% girls, M age = 14.4, SD = 0.54) participated in the experiment. There were substantial differences between boys' and girls' occupational preferences. Importantly, adolescents who received a threat…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Sexual Identity, Labor Market, Gender Differences
Roselaar, Tjits; van Bielder, Patty – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2018
Since the academic year 2017-2018, the Tilburg University Language Center has been offering an academic pre-Bachelor's programme for refugee students. This year-long educational programme prepares high-potential refugees for a Dutch- or English-taught Bachelor's programme at a university. In addition, students prepare for the Dutch Civic…
Descriptors: Refugees, Language of Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Mezera, Danielle; Suffren, Quentin – Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd), 2018
In its first Career and Technical Education (CTE) playbook, "Putting Career and Technical Education to Work for Students" (see ED609912), ExcelinEd examined the need and rationale for strengthening statewide CTE programs and provided a process that state policymakers can undertake to do just that. Serious efforts to develop and…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Partnerships in Education, Business
European Training Foundation, 2018
This report provides an overview of key policy developments in education, training, and employment in Armenia. The paper contains sections that review the country's key demographic and economic characteristics; education and training trends, challenges, policy and institutional setting; and labour market and employment trends, challenges, policy…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Secondary School Students
Cho, Dongchul; Shin, Sukha – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2012
This paper examines Korea's employment dynamics and analyzes how adverse impacts could be mitigated during the recent economic crisis in comparison with the 1997 to 1998 Asian crisis. A clear lesson is that policies to mitigate adverse impacts of financial crisis on the macroeconomic level should be given priority for preserving employment. In…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Labor Market, Employment, Economic Climate
Employment Opportunities for New Academic Librarians: Assessing the Availability of Entry Level Jobs
Tewell, Eamon C. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2012
This study examines the availability of entry level positions in academic libraries to better illuminate the status of the job market for current students and recent graduates of Library & Information Science programs. Over a twelve month period from 2010-2011, 1385 job advertisements were collected, with content analysis methods used to evaluate…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Librarians, Entry Workers, Employment Opportunities