How Is the Tertiary-Educated Population Evolving? Education Indicators in Focus. No. 61

Institution	Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) (France)
Titel	How Is the Tertiary-Educated Population Evolving? Education Indicators in Focus. No. 61
Quelle	(2018), (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISSN	2226-7077
DOI	10.1787/a17e95dc-en
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Adult Education; Higher Education; Educational Trends; Educational Indicators; Adult Students; Postsecondary Education; Gender Differences; Educational Attainment; Young Adults; Access to Education; Labor Market; Foreign Countries; STEM Education; India; China; North America; European Union; Asia; Russia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Bildungsentwicklung; Educational indicato; Bildungsindikator; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Ausland; STEM; Indien; Nordamerika; Asien; Russland
Abstract	This brief focuses on the population aged 25-34. The sample includes data from OECD member, OECD accession and G20 countries, for the years 2005-16 for OECD member countries and 2005-15 for non-OECD countries. The share of young adults (aged 25-34) with a tertiary education has grown over the past decade in OECD and G20 countries, and it is expected to continue growing in the near future. In fact, the share of tertiary-educated individuals grew from 17% in 2005 to 22% in 2015, and it could reach as much as 30% by 2030 (Figure 1). There has also been a gradual widening of the gender gap in tertiary attainment, particularly since 2010, which is likely to persist over the next decade. In 2005, the share of young adults with a tertiary education in OECD and G20 countries combined was the same for men and women (17%) -- but by 2015 it had risen to 23% for women, compared to 21% for men. Given the trends observed over the past decade, as many as 32% of women are expected to have a tertiary education by 2030, compared to 27% of men. The projected increase in the number of tertiary-educated adults does not come as a surprise. There has been a rise in demand for skilled labour, in part driven by technological changes (OECD, 2017a), and governments have been promoting access to tertiary education through a variety of financial support policies (OECD, 2017b). One of the challenges in the near future will be to ensure that the types of skills acquired by tertiary graduates match the needs of an increasingly changing labour market. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01