Too Few or Perhaps Too Many STEM Graduates

Autor/in	Birrell, Bob
Titel	Too Few or Perhaps Too Many STEM Graduates
Quelle	In: Australian Universities' Review, 57 (2015) 2, S.71-78 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0818-8068
Schlagwörter	STEM Education; College Outcomes Assessment; Employment Potential; Employment Opportunities; Labor Market; Information Technology; Undergraduate Students; Foreign Students; In State Students; Graduation Rate; Enrollment Rate; Competition; Migrant Workers; Outsourcing; Foreign Policy; Foreign Countries; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? STEM; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Berufschance; Beschäftigungschance; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Informationstechnologie; Wettkampf; Wanderarbeiter; Außenpolitik; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	Industry bodies, research and educational organisations have lobbied intensely for increased funding for training in the STEM disciplines. It is time to reassess this advocacy. Undergraduate commencements in STEM fields have increased strongly since 2009, yet the current employment prospects for these graduates are poor. Advocates have not made a convincing case that this situation will change. The outlook in the information technology (IT) fields is particularly concerning. Domestic graduates in IT face a labour market in which their numbers are being dwarfed by the influx of immigrant IT professionals, many of whom are employed by Indian IT service companies with branches in Australia. This is occurring at the same time as Australian public and private organisations are sending offshore much of their computing work through these same IT service companies. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01