scholarly journals Non-linear Paths in Transitions through the Labour Market

2018 ◽  
pp. 129-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paolo Federighi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
University Students ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Educational Science ◽  
Transition To Work ◽  
The Past ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Education Investment ◽  
Non Linear

Entering a study course and the subsequent transition to the labour market is no longer the rule. In the past, routes were linear, today transitions are non-linear. The research undertook to contribute to studying the factors that promote university students’ transition to work. Some of the research activities have been devoted to a longitudinal study where the ways Educational Science graduates manage their own professionalization strategies have been investigated. It is a cluster for which in several countries the lowest return has been estimated in relation to higher education investment. If we manage to clarify the terms of non-linear transitions paths we can succeed in understanding the types of measures to be introduced, how to relate them to processes that will professionalize students, when to activate them, and how to evaluate their impact

scholarly journals Individualism/Collectivism and Academic Self-Enhancement in New Zealand Māori University Students

2010 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 138-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natasha A. Tassell ◽  
Ross A. Flett ◽  
Jhanitra R. Gavala
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
University Students ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Educational Strategies ◽  
Negative Contribution ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
The Past ◽  
Cultural Orientations

AbstractThe present study had several aims: to examine horizontal/vertical individualism/collectivism in a New Zealand Māori sample; to determine whether these cultural orientations contribute to academic self-enhancement; and to investigate if self-enhancement affects intentions to continue studies in higher education. A quantitative questionnaire was distributed to a nonprobability convenience sample of 71 Māori university students. All participants had either studied within the past year or were currently studying, and were recipients of a Māori-specific bursary for higher education studies. Results revealed the sample scored high on measures of horizontal collectivism and academic self-enhancement. ANOVAs showed some significant differences between our sample and other cultural samples on some of the cultural orientations. A series of standard multiple regressions revealed that combined, the cultural orientations predicted academic self-enhancement, although only horizontal collectivism made a significant negative contribution. Academic intentions were not predicted by self-enhancement. The findings have implications for policy development and educational strategies oriented toward enhancing the academic success of Māori in higher education.

scholarly journals MAKING GENDER A SUBJECT OF DISCUSSION - A MISSION (IM) POS-SIBLE IN THE 21TH CENTURY?! STUDENTS OF EDUCATIONAL STUDIES AS AN EXAMPLE WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF ACADEMIA

2014 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-113
Author(s):  
Sabine Klinger ◽  
Ines Findenig
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
University Students ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Issues ◽  
Gender Inequalities ◽  
Educational Science ◽  
Empirical Survey ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Educational Studies

Higher education is supposed to create open-minded graduates within social topics. General assump-tions about educational science transfer a quiet sensitive picture across in particular gender issues and the awareness of gender inequalities. In contrast to other disciplines, scientific debates about gender issues do have a long tradition, even if not always thematised as such. The curriculum of educational science offers a wide range of so called gender-seminars, where students can spend time on gender related topics and the awareness of gender equality. Women are overrepresented among educational students and regarding to a “new deal for young women” (McRobbie 2009), which may influence the way young woman and men think about the importance of gender-related topics, the question about the relevance of gender and gender issues for the discipline of educational studies often remains vague. According to this following research questions arose: how do students of educational science discuss gender issues, how does a de-articulation form gender issues, and how is rhetoric equality produced among university students of educational science. The data are based on a qualitative empirical survey composed of four group discussions carried out with 14 university students of educational studies from German speaking universities. The aim was to reconstruct and analyse both - an individual and collective - understanding or interpretations regarding gender issues. The findings of this study have revealed that the reflection of gender issues and talking about gender is somehow caught between gender equality, difference and usurpation. This takes into account the mechanisms and masking effects of neoliberal activation. Deliberations about how educational studies can handle these challenges should imply a gender-reflected understanding of learning and educational processes. Key words: gender, de-examination of gender issues, higher education, university students

scholarly journals Navigating the Transition from Higher Education to the Labour Market: A Wake-Up Call for University Students

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 35-37
Author(s):  
Peter J. Wells ◽  
Silvia Florea
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
University Students ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
School To Work ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Recent Event ◽  
First Job ◽  
Job Finding ◽  
Labour Market Entry

Abstract Many studies describing the transition from school to work focus on national patterns of labour market entry and in so doing, they often simplify the complex transition processes and job finding requirements involved. Our paper sets out to look at some transition obstacles and paths from higher education to the labour market from the graduates’ point of view as expressed during a recent event held at LBUS. We hold that in Romania the first job upon education is hampered by graduates across all disciplines having no or little work-based experience, thus marking national transition patterns/pathways as less compatible with those in other European countries.

‘Imagined futures’ in the navigation and management of uncertainty for young women in Aotearoa, New Zealand

2019 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 654-669 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan France ◽  
Tepora Pukepuke ◽  
Lucy Cowie ◽  
David Mayeda ◽  
Marilyn Chetty
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Diverse Group ◽  
The Past ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Massification Of Higher Education ◽  
Management Of Uncertainty ◽  
Permanent Work

Uncertainty and insecurity in the labour market for young women have increased dramatically. Globally, notions of ‘precariousness’, ‘flexibility’ and ‘gig working’ have grown and the idea of secure permanent work and ‘career building’ is seen as a thing of the past. Simultaneously, and not unconnected, we have also seen the ‘massification’ of higher education where more young women than ever are entering university aiming to improve their situation in the labour market. But how, in these uncertain times, are they imagining their futures? What is influencing their planning and what are their motivations? These questions were explored with a diverse group of young women (n = 26) who were third-year students at a university in Aotearoa New Zealand. The analysis of their interviews draws on the work of Pierre Bourdieu and findings highlight the need to recognise the important relationships between their past, the present and their imagined futures.

scholarly journals The Promotion of Campus Reading Programs

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johnny Hou
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
School Library ◽  
Reading Programs ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Reading Groups ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Past ◽  
Education Investment ◽  
Past Experiences

Taiwan is one of the several Asian countries which highly value higher education investment. Students feel so heavy about study pressure that they seldom make habits of getting into libraries; in other words, they only read rare extracurricular books. But in the past ten years, our school library tried hard to further the possibility of promoting reading environment and developing the model of organizing reading groups. It is obvious that making up class reading groups has been developed in the campus. But we also encounter some difficulties and limitations. Therefore, the text tries to share our past experiences with the public.

scholarly journals ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE INDEPENDENT WORK OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

2021 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 178-184
Author(s):  
S.B. Kenzhegulova ◽  
◽  
G.O. Seidalieva ◽  
G.A. Abdulkarimova ◽  
F.R. Gusmanova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
University Students ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Motivating Factors ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Organization And Management ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Independent Work

The article examines the main features of various forms and methods of organizing the independent work of university students. The opinion is substantiated that independent work, aimed at mastering the acquired knowledge and skills, allows students to fully understand the nature of the work performed and organize their own activities. In the context of the implementation of distance learning in higher education, the goals and functions of independent work of students have been revised, the role of which in the educational process is significantly increasing. In the course of the study to identify the importance of independent work of university students, results were obtained that allow one to draw some conclusions, for example, active independent work is possible only if there are motivating factors: student involvement in research activities, intensive pedagogy, individualization of tasks and the personality of the teacher.

Non-linear improvement in generic problem-solving skills of university students: a longitudinal study

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (7) ◽  
pp. 1432-1444
Author(s):  
Andis Klegeris ◽  
Patrick J. Dubois ◽  
Warren J. Code ◽  
Heather D. Bradshaw
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
University Students ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Generic Problem ◽  
Non Linear

The Education-Work Transition of Venezuelan University Stude

1974 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dieter K. Zschock ◽  
George W. Schuyler ◽  
Anibal Fernandez ◽  
W. Raymond Duncan
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
University Students ◽  
University Graduates ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Young Professionals ◽  
The Past ◽  
Work Transition ◽  
Exploratory Survey ◽  
Scant Attention ◽  
High Level

University students in Venezuela constitute about ten percent of the corresponding age group (calculated from Universidad Central de Venezuela 1970: 19, Table 5), and leadership of the country's economic and social development is increasingly in the hands of university-trained professionals. University enrollment has quadrupled since 1958, and young professionals who have graduated over the past fifteen years already represent a majority among university graduates in Venezuela. Research on students and elites, however, in Venezuela as elsewhere in Latin America, has concentrated on their divergent political attitudes while paying scant attention to the transformation of university students into members of the elite.This paper reports on an exploratory survey of student and elite attitudes toward higher education and professional employment in Venezuela. Our findings provide some insight on the extent to which employment of high-level manpower is influenced by modern, achievement-oriented criteria, as compared with traditional, ascriptive criteria.

scholarly journals Higher education among the “forgotten half”:  The association between substance use and college completion among 2-year college students versus matched 4-year college students from a nationally representative longitudinal study

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet E. Rosenbaum
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
College Students ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Nearest Neighbor ◽  
Past Research ◽  
College Completion ◽  
Adult Health ◽  
Exact Matching ◽  
The Past

Abstract Background: Recent policy changes have increased marijuana availability to college students. Past research has not evaluated the association between substance use and college completion among the forgotten half of disadvantaged young adults who access higher education through 2-year colleges. Methods: This study uses a subsample of college-enrolled participants from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent and Adult Health to evaluate whether substance use in 2001 among students attending 2-year college and 4-year college predicts educational attainment in 2008. We used Mahalanobis nearest-neighbor and exact matching within propensity score calipers to identify a comparison group of 4-year college students (n=888) similar to the 2-year college students (n=1398) on 15 baseline measures including grades, test scores, and substance use. We used multivariate regression in the matched sample using a Poisson working model to estimate the relative risk of earning no post-secondary degree.Results: Compared with matched 4-year college students, 2-year college students were more likely to use methamphetamines, cocaine, marijuana, and more likely to report problematic substance use, and less likely to use alcohol. Two-year college students who used methamphetamines in the past year (IRR=1.51, 95% CI (1.12, 2.04), p=0.007) or past month (IRR=1.69, 95% CI (1.09, 2.61), p=0.02), or completed alcohol abuse treatment (IRR=1.58, 95% CI (1.21, 2.07), p<0.001) were less likely to complete college. Four-year college students who reported that drugs interfered with school or work in the past year (IRR=1.84 (1.28, 2.64), p=0.001), used cocaine in the past year (IRR=1.47 (1.04, 2.08), p=0.03), and used marijuana in the past year (IRR=1.30 (1.07, 1.57), p=0.007), past month (IRR=1.31 (1.07, 1.61), p=0.01), or ≥5 times in the past month (IRR=1.44 (1.12, 1.85) p=0.005) were less likely to complete college. Conclusions: Substance use interventions should target 2-year and 4-year college students. Two-year colleges that better accommodate students who complete substance use treatment may improve these students’ completion. Students who use marijuana or cocaine or whose drug use impairs functioning may benefit from an incremental approach of completing a 2-year degree prior to transfer for a 4-year degree, rather than enrolling directly in a 4-year program.

scholarly journals Correlates and Consequences of Degree Purchasing among Canadian University Students

2005 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-97
Author(s):  
Celeste M. Brotheridge ◽  
Raymond T. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
University Students ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Older Students ◽  
Course Performance ◽  
Resistance Strategies ◽  
Labour Market Participation

This article develops the construct of degree purchasing as an instrumental orientation towards education in which students value education primarily as a vehicle for labour market participation rather than as an avenue for learning. This study of 188 Canadian university students found that a substantial proportion of students tended to be more interested in acquiring a diploma than the learning that it represents. Female students were more instrumentally oriented than male students, and younger students devalued learning to a greater extent than older students. Finally, a degree purchasing orientation was associated with poor study habits, the use of resistance strategies in the classroom, low positive affect, and poor course performance. Implications for higher education and suggestions for future research are discussed.

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