scholarly journals UNEMPLOYMENT CRISIS AMONG FRESH GRADUATES

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Influence Factors ◽  
Numerical Data ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Higher Education Curriculum ◽  
Economic Instability ◽  
Bivariate Correlation ◽  
Graduate Employability ◽  
Primary Determinant

This paper attempts to explore the topic of the unemployment crisis among fresh graduates. The two main objectives of the study are to examine the influence factors of the unemployment crisis among fresh graduates in Malaysia, and the primary determinant of the unemployment has culminated in many policy implications for higher education. The unemployment rate among fresh graduates increased to 25% in 2020 than the year before, jumping from 13.8%. The null hypothesis is that employer preference, candidate attributes, and economic instability have no significant effect on the unemployment crisis. The information for the paper typically originates from a questionnaire survey method, with one hundred and thirty fresh graduates' participation in this study. The statistical approach is required to analyze numerical data using SPSS applications. Descriptive analyses such as frequency and simple percentages on demographic characteristics were used to analyze data. Inferential statistics such as linear bivariate correlation was used to test the formulated hypothesis. The finding demonstrated a significant association between employer preference, candidate attributes, and economic instability with the unemployment crisis. This finding would shed light on more preparation for fresh graduates' employability who preserve searching for a job by the education ministry. Hopefully, a revision in the academic higher education curriculum is considered to meet the job market's and stakeholders' needs for better graduate employability.

scholarly journals What can be done to improve higher education quality and graduate employability in Nigeria? A stakeholder approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 358-367 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chinyere Augusta Nwajiuba ◽  
Paul Agu Igwe ◽  
Abiola Deborah Akinsola-Obatolu ◽  
Afam Ituma ◽  
Michael Olayinka Binuomote
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Employability Skills ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Private Organizations ◽  
Graduate Employability ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Higher Education Quality

The purpose of this study is twofold. First, it identifies the extent to which Nigerian higher education institutions (HEIs) enable the development of graduate skills and employability. Second, it outlines the roles of the major stakeholders in higher education and suggests ways to improve graduates’ knowledge, employability and skills. The study is based on a qualitative design incorporating interviews with representatives of public and private organizations, education agencies and members of non-governmental organizations in Nigeria. The data were analysed thematically to ascertain the perceptions of key stakeholders. The findings reveal that there is a minimal collaboration between HEIs and industry and many HEIs in Nigeria lack the necessary pedagogy, funding and infrastructure to carry out the teaching of employability skills. Several practical and policy implications arise from the study regarding improving graduate employability in Nigeria – in particular, the need to create a culture and environment that are conducive to HEI–industry–government collaboration and the need to design the curriculum to enable the teaching of employability skills.

scholarly journals Higher Education Institutions and Post-Covid In-Demand Employability Skills: Responding Through Curriculum that Works

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-83
Author(s):  
Samuel O. Babalola ◽  
Clement O. O. Kolawole
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Employability Skills ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Frequency Count ◽  
Job Market ◽  
Graduate Employability ◽  
Innovative Curriculum ◽  
Descriptive Survey

This study explained that the post-Covid world of work would demand a new set of employability skills. Higher education institutions need to respond by preparing graduates with manifest post-COVID-19 employability skills through innovatively delivered curricula. Through literature review, the study identified post-Covid-19 in-demands employability skills and ways of innovatively fostering them. The study adopted the descriptive survey method and canvassed (104) faculty members’ (from 9 public universities) opinions through an online poll on the skills they considered relevant for post-pandemic graduate employability and integrating them into universities curricula. Data collected were descriptively analyzed using frequency count and percentage. Findings showed that when universities commit to innovative curriculum delivery, students can easily acquire skills and competencies required to effective security and create jobs in the post-Covid job market effectively recommended that universities should innovate their curricula by integrating post-Covid in-demands skills needed for students’ post-Covid job market.

scholarly journals Reconstruction of Higher Education Curriculum to Prepare the Next Generations

2016 ◽  
pp. 119-126
Author(s):  
Sarwanto Sarwanto
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
National Standards ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Education Curriculum ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Master Program ◽  
Reconstruction Process ◽  
Higher Education Curriculum

Republic of Indonesia Government had issued a regulation on the national standards of higher education in 2015. UNS should immediately adjust the education process in accordance with the new regulations by reconstructing the curriculum. This study aims to analyze the reconstruction process in preparing the curriculum in UNS prepare future generations better. National standards require the higher education curriculum compiled from formulating learning outcomes to the preparation of the assessment system. This research method is a survey method. Samples are Diploma Program, Bachelor, Master Program, and Doctorate Program.  Results showed that the reconstruction of the new curriculum is implemented by 45% of study program at the UNS, 60% of which is in conformity with the standards, even two courses had prepared the curriculum to standards well adapted to the AUN QA, only three study programs that have student learning outcomes have been agreed by the forum study program.

Higher Education Policy: Implications for Gender-Balancing the Curriculum

1983 ◽  
Vol 36 ◽  
pp. 12-13
Author(s):  
Thomas A. Mulkeen
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Policy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Industrial Society ◽  
Public Higher Education ◽  
Agriculture Industry ◽  
Scientific Principles ◽  
Industry And Commerce ◽  
New Institutions

American higher education has been molded by forces outside the educational community. From the Civil War through the mid-1970's our political leadership considered investment in education good for the economy and, therefore, good public policy. This link between schooling and the economic system developed as the United States moved from an agrarian to an industrial economy. Industrialization demanded skills that neither the family nor the church could provide, and tax-supported public higher education was to assist the transformation to an industrial society. The catalyst for this transformation came in 1862 with the passage of the Morrill Act establishing the land grant colleges. These new institutions emphasized the development of technical skills and the application of scientific principles to agriculture, industry and commerce.

Addressing employability challenges of business graduates in Bangladesh: Evidence from an emerging economy perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-94
Author(s):  
Mahi Uddin
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Emerging Economy ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
Quality Education ◽  
System Quality ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Quality Teachers ◽  
Business Graduates ◽  
Graduate Employability ◽  
Skill Gaps

This study aimed to explore and address the employability challenges of business graduates in the higher education sector in Bangladesh. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and analysed applying thematic analysis (N = 35, 77% male, mean age = 34 years). Findings revealed that skill gaps, lack of quality education system, quality teachers, industry-university collaboration, backdated course curriculum, and corruption are important challenges for graduate employability in Bangladesh. The study suggests improving communication skills, updating course curriculum, curbing institutional corruption, limiting student-teacher politics, hiring and promoting quality teachers, and industry-university collaboration as strategies to improve graduate employability. The findings may help employers, managers, graduates, academics, and policymakers in the higher education sector to identify and address graduate employability challenges in an emerging economy such as Bangladesh.

scholarly journals When Socialism Meets Market Capitalism: Challenges for Privatizing and Marketizing Education in China and Vietnam

2008 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 601-615 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ka Ho Mok
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Market Transition ◽  
Global Capitalism ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Major Objective ◽  
Education Governance ◽  
Education Model ◽  
Education In China ◽  
Market Capitalism

China and Vietnam have experienced drastic social, economic and political changes, especially when these two socialist regimes have started economic reforms in the last few decades. In order to create more opportunities for higher education with limited national resources, both Chinese and Vietnamese governments have adopted strategies along the lines of marketization and privatization to reform their higher education systems. The major objective of this article is to critically examine how the market transition taking place in China and Vietnam has led to changes in education governance, particularly examine how these two governments have approached the challenges of global capitalism by transforming the socialist education model into a more market-oriented one. This article also discusses the major challenges and policy implications when education is increasingly privatized and marketized in China and Vietnam.

A strategy tripod perspective on merger effectiveness in the higher education industry: the mediating role of future foresight

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zahraa Sameer Sajwani ◽  
Joe Hazzam ◽  
Abdelmounaim Lahrech ◽  
Muna Alnuaimi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Education Industry ◽  
Higher Education Industry

PurposeThe purpose of the study is to investigate the role of the strategy tripod premises, mediated by future foresight and its effect on merger effectiveness in the higher education industry.Design/methodology/approachA quantitative survey method was implemented, with the data provided by senior managers of 14 universities that went through a merger from the years 2013–2016. The proposed model was tested using partial least squares (PLS) of structural equation modeling (SEM).FindingsThe results indicate that government support, competitive intensity and knowledge creation capability relate positivity to merger effectiveness, and these relationships are mediated by future foresight competence.Originality/valueThe study provides a better understanding of merger effectiveness in the higher education industry by identifying the role of future foresight competence in the application of strategy tripod and its contribution on merger effectiveness. Results indicate that future foresight competence contributes to the merger effectiveness and enables the effective implementation of the strategy tripod dimensions in higher education mergers.

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