Higher Education, Employability and Competitiveness

Autor/inn/en	Pavlin, Samo; Svetlicic, Marjan
Titel	Higher Education, Employability and Competitiveness
Quelle	In: Hacettepe University Journal of Education, 43 (2012), S.386-397 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1300-5340
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Foreign Countries; Employment Potential; Competition; Outcomes of Education; Labor Force Development; Employment Qualifications; College Graduates; Cross Cultural Studies; Educational Quality; Educational Practices; Job Search Methods; Study Habits; Vocational Education; Correlation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Ausland; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Wettkampf; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Arbeitskräftebestand; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Bildungspraxis; Arbeitsplatzsuchtheorie; Study behavior; Study behaviour; Studienverhalten; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Korrelation
Abstract	This paper studies the relationship between competitiveness and higher education systems in Europe. It explores whether more competitive countries have developed more labour-market-oriented systems of higher education (HE) that thereby give their graduates greater short term employability potential. Based on and a large-scale survey among 45.000 higher education graduates five years after graduation in 19 European countries, five employability indicators are identified and analysed in combination with World Economic Forum Indicators. The paper finds evidence demonstrating that more competitive countries have developed HE systems with more practically oriented studies and a higher workload. The paper identifies five country clusters indicating a combination of country competitiveness and other characteristics of HE systems. This is the first empirical study to examine relation between "soft" dimensions of higher systems and competitiveness on country comparative basis. (Contains 1 table and 3 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10