Strategic Institutional Approaches to Graduate Employability: Navigating Meanings, Measurements and What Really Matters

Autor/inn/en	Bridgstock, Ruth; Jackson, Denise
Titel	Strategic Institutional Approaches to Graduate Employability: Navigating Meanings, Measurements and What Really Matters
Quelle	In: Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 41 (2019) 5, S.468-484 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Bridgstock, Ruth) ORCID (Jackson, Denise)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-080X
DOI	10.1080/1360080X.2019.1646378
Schlagwörter	Employment Potential; Outcomes of Education; College Role; Educational Strategies; College Graduates; Education Work Relationship; Career Readiness; Foreign Countries; Academic Degrees; Accreditation (Institutions); Lifelong Learning; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Lehrstrategie; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Ausland; Degree; Degrees; Academic level graduation; Akademischer Grad; Hochschulabschluss; Accreditation; Institution; Institutions; Akkreditierung; Staatliche Anerkennung; Institut; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Australien
Abstract	Despite ongoing efforts by universities, challenges and tensions continue to exist in academic discourse, policy and practice around graduate employability. These factors can militate against the sector's capacity to prepare learners for life and work, because they promote unclear, and sometimes counterproductive and competing, courses of action. This article suggests that higher education institutions' approaches to graduate employability reflect at least three aims. The aims relate to: (i) short-term graduate outcomes; (ii) professional readiness; and (iii) living and working productively and meaningfully across the lifespan. The commitment to each of these aims is often tacit and ill-defined and varies within as well as between institutions, and over time. This article attempts to navigate a productive path through the multiple aims and agendas, along with the definitional and measurement challenges, to identify, workable approaches. It suggests some actionable principles to enhance employability that address the tensions between the three employability aims. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01