scholarly journals HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE GROWTH OF MENIAL JOBS

2016 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-20
Author(s):  
Łukasz Albański
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Youth Unemployment ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Technical Requirements ◽  
Iron Cage ◽  
Graduate Unemployment ◽  
Almost All ◽  
University Degree

Young people are confronting a world in which they may not achieve economic strides their parents did. Almost all will have been awarded university degree, worth far less (in the terms and conditions of their employment) than that of their parents, if they themselves graduated from university. In the article the author discusses the relationship between higher education and stratification. The concepts of meritocracy and credentialism are considered and a particular attention is paid to an equal/unequal access to education dilemma. Discussed is why a liberal arts education is losing ground and why it is being made a scapegoat for graduate unemployment. Does the nightmare of Weber’s “iron cage of rationalization” come true and is the contemporary university in the service of an economic order with all the related technical requirements of machine production? In the second part of the article the role of meritocratic discourse and educational credential inflation is considered as well as the growth of menial jobs for young people as a case in Poland. Key words: education at post-secondary level, liberal arts, youth unemployment, inequality, Poland.

scholarly journals Track and Sector in Egyptian Higher Education: Who Studies Where and Why?

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatma Abdelkhalek ◽  
Ray Langsten
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Education System ◽  
Financial Constraints ◽  
Partial Privatization ◽  
University System ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
The Face ◽  
Track Placement

Following the 1952 revolution, the Egyptian higher education system grew rapidly, with post-secondary institutes complementing the expanding university system. Private post-secondary institutes were permitted from 1970; in the early 1990s financial constraints and pressures for cost recovery prompted legislation allowing private universities. In the face of expansion, diversification, and partial privatization, concerns have arisen about equity in higher education opportunities. The 2014 Survey of Young People in Egypt is used to examine correlates of higher education track placement and of sector placement within tracks.

The Puzzle on Unemployment Factors and the Welfare State Role in Greece

2020 ◽  
pp. 680-703
Author(s):  
Argyris Kyridis ◽  
Maria Pavlis Korres ◽  
Christos Dimitrios Tourtouras ◽  
Nikos Fotopoulos ◽  
Christos Zagkos
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Welfare State ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Youth Unemployment ◽  
Scientific Achievement ◽  
Southern Europe ◽  
Social Phenomenon ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Post Industrial

In an era of major technological, digital and scientific achievement, in the modern post-industrial globalized society of great contradictions, problems and conflicts, the unemployment phenomenon, which affects young people to a greater extent, is exacerbated. Greece is the country that was affected more than any other country in southern Europe by the multiple effects of the economic crisis, which among others catapulted youth unemployment to unprecedented levels. This chapter presents a research on views and attitudes analysis of male and female students of higher education in Greece towards unemployment as a social phenomenon, towards stereotypical attitudes on unemployment, as well as towards the ways and forms of the research phenomenon configuration. Subsequently, this research attempts to record, analyze and interpret the students' views and attitudes towards the Greek welfare state, thoroughly studying the correlations of all the above data.

Barclays blazes a trail on apprentices

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 11-13
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Social Implications ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Career Options ◽  
University Degree ◽  
And Training ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – Considers the new Trailblazer apprenticeships being offered by Barclays and Santander. Design/methodology/approach – Examines the reasons for the programs and the results they are expected to achieve. Findings – Explains that the three-year Trailblazer qualification enables young people to achieve the sixth-level apprenticeship, equivalent to a university degree. Practical implications – Demonstrates the wide range of career options open to successful candidates. Social implications – Highlights a useful route into training and employment for young people, some of whom have spurned conventional higher education and training. Originality/value – Shows how two banks are implementing the government’s Trailblazer apprenticeship scheme.

The Puzzle on Unemployment Factors and the Welfare State Role in Greece

2017 ◽  
pp. 212-234
Author(s):  
Argyris Kyridis ◽  
Maria Pavlis Korres ◽  
Christos Dimitrios Tourtouras ◽  
Nikos Fotopoulos ◽  
Christos Zagkos
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Welfare State ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Youth Unemployment ◽  
Scientific Achievement ◽  
Southern Europe ◽  
Social Phenomenon ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Post Industrial

In an era of major technological, digital and scientific achievement, in the modern post-industrial globalized society of great contradictions, problems and conflicts, the unemployment phenomenon, which affects young people to a greater extent, is exacerbated. Greece is the country that was affected more than any other country in southern Europe by the multiple effects of the economic crisis, which among others catapulted youth unemployment to unprecedented levels. This chapter presents a research on views and attitudes analysis of male and female students of higher education in Greece towards unemployment as a social phenomenon, towards stereotypical attitudes on unemployment, as well as towards the ways and forms of the research phenomenon configuration. Subsequently, this research attempts to record, analyze and interpret the students' views and attitudes towards the Greek welfare state, thoroughly studying the correlations of all the above data.

scholarly journals Higher Education Curriculum and the Capability and Functioning of Young People in Nigeria

2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
David O. Akeju
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Youth Unemployment ◽  
Higher Education Curriculum ◽  
Poor State ◽  
Current State ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Higher Institutions

The demand for higher education among young people has resulted in the huge number of candidates seeking enrollment into higher institutions of learning in Nigeria. The population has consistently increased without a corresponding expansion in educational infrastructure and adjustment in curriculum. Drawing from Amartya Sen’s theory of capabilities and functioning, this paper argues that the population of young people with tertiary education represents a cohort whose capabilities and functioning are at variance with local development needs. The paper further expands the argument by asserting that tertiary educational curriculum, in its current state, is shallow and is a major contributor to the poor state of enrollment for tertiary education and the poor state of youth unemployment in the country. It recommends a re-structuring of the tertiary education system and adjustment to curriculum to meet local industrial demand.

Futures for Literary Studies

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Jay
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Theoretical Work ◽  
Literary Studies ◽  
The Future ◽  
Institutional Sustainability ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Material Conditions ◽  
Almost All ◽  
The Impact

The future of literary studies will be shaped by new and emerging trends in scholarly, critical, and theoretical work, by changes in the material conditions that enable that work, and, perhaps most importantly, by how the institutions within which it functions respond to recent changes in higher education that increasingly threaten the viability of almost all humanities disciplines. The material conditions that shape work in literary studies have changed dramatically in recent decades. The impact of digital technology has been nothing short of transformative, and the changes it has introduced are bound to continue to reshape the field. At the same time, the expansion of the canon, the transnationalizing of literary studies, the revitalization of narratological, formalist, and aesthetic criticism, the emergence of new interdisciplinary fields including the study of sexuality and gender, ecocriticism, affect theory, and disability studies, promise to continue to exert influence in the coming decades. The future from these perspectives looks promising. At the same time, however, the institutional sustainability of literary studies has come under threat as the liberal arts model of higher education has increasingly given way to a stress in higher education on vocational training in the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) disciplines, which has worked to undercut the value and the attraction of literary studies. How the field responds to these changes in the coming decade will be crucial to determining its future viability.

scholarly journals Opportunities to Improve Interaction Between Employees and Educational Institutions

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 432-436
Author(s):  
Boryana Varbanova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
European Union ◽  
Youth Unemployment ◽  
The Other ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
European Union Countries ◽  
The One ◽  
Almost All ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract In recent years, more and more countries have realised that investing in education is the key to their prosperity. At the same time, there is a trend towards an increase in youth unemployment in almost all European Union countries. On the one hand, the problems which have triggered this process arise from the higher education system, and on the other, from the relationship between the educational institutions and the employers. A subject of interest in this report is a study of how to stimulate interaction between employers, educational institutions and students. The attitude towards internships in different institutions and for different periods of time has also been studied

scholarly journals Higher education decisions and macroeconomic conditions at age eighteen

SERIEs ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Graves ◽  
Zoë Kuehn
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Youth Unemployment ◽  
Dropping Out ◽  
Time To Degree ◽  
Macroeconomic Conditions ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Parental Background ◽  
Education Decisions ◽  
Economic Downturns

AbstractUsing individual data from PIAAC and data on youth unemployment for 18 countries, we test how macroeconomic conditions experienced at age eighteen affect the following decisions in post-secondary and tertiary education: (i) enrollment (ii) dropping-out, (iii) type of degree completed, (iv) area of specialization, and (v) time-to-degree. We also analyze how the effects vary by gender and parental background. Our findings differ across geographies (Anglo-Saxon, Southern European, Western European, and Scandinavian countries), which shows that the impacts of macroeconomic conditions on higher education decisions depend on context, such as labor markets and education systems. By analyzing various components of higher education together, we are able to obtain a clearer picture of how during economic downturns potential mechanisms interact to determine higher education decisions.

Young People and the Reproduction of Disadvantage through Transnational Higher Education in Hong Kong

2012 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 239-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johanna Waters ◽  
Maggi Leung
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Young People ◽  
International Education ◽  
Transnational Higher Education ◽  
Local Equivalent ◽  
Local Patterns ◽  
Local Students ◽  
University Degree

This paper examines the role of transnational higher education in reproducing local patterns of disadvantage in Hong Kong. Specifically, it considers the expectations and experiences of local students undertaking British degree programmes, drawing on the findings of a recent qualitative research project. In this paper, we argue that through the introduction of so-called ‘top-up’ programmes, British universities are providing degree-level education to students unable to access local higher education (HE) in Hong Kong through the ‘traditional’ route. Drawing upon our interviews with students and graduates, we show the immense cultural and social expectations, placed upon young people in Hong Kong, to obtain a university degree, and the role of ‘international’ education in (partially) offsetting the shortfall in domestic university places. However, we also suggest that these students/graduates are in various ways relatively disadvantaged by these degrees - they often have less cultural capital and social capital on which to draw, and find that their degrees are less valued than their local equivalent. There are broader implications of our findings for understanding the role of transnational educational provision in localised reproduction of (dis)advantage, especially in East Asia.

scholarly journals Phenomenon of text neck in higher education students

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Shoulder Pain ◽  
Pain Syndrome ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Primary Role ◽  
Almost All ◽  
The Impact

In the modern world almost all young people use smartphones and now most of the time using mobile phones belongs to additional functions. Regrettably, consequences for the musculokeletal system are not considered. It is a known fact that long-term use of the gadgets causes excessive cervical spine bending, improper posture and the formation of muscular-tonic syndrome accompanied by the pain and discomfort that is so-called “Text neck” syndrome. The aim of the research was to study the impact of using gadgets on the formation pain syndrome in the neck and shoulders, as well as headache. The research involved 90 respondents, 60 female and 30 males, the age of the participants was in a range from 18 to 28 years old. Using a self-created questionnaire, applying in Google docs, Text neck symptoms such as headache, pain/discomfort in the neck and shoulder, as well as awareness of this phenomenon have been evaluated. The study has shown the primary role of the shoulder pain/discomfort among respondents, thus 59 (66%) of the participants suffer from shoulder pain/discomfort in different degrees with the gender distribution as follows: 46 women (76%) and 13 men (43%). Headache was noted by 56% of the participants and 50% suffer from neck pain/discomfort. The average phone usage time was 5.3 hours. Only one third (32%) of respondents associated their symptoms with the use of gadgets, so the study has demonstrated low awareness about this syndrome among students. Young people do not realize devastating impact of the gadgets on the health condition, in particular musculoskeletal system. Thus, the authors believe that an integrated approach is needed on the part of the family, educational establishments and health care with a view to build awareness in young people and prevent Text neck formation. Seems like a reasonable implementation of the course on the possible impact of excessive gadgets use on the health condition of the students at higher education institutions.

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