Serving the Society? Historical and Modern Interpretations of Employability

Autor/inn/en	Aamodt, Per Olaf; Hovdhaugen, Elisabeth; Bielfeldt, Uta
Titel	Serving the Society? Historical and Modern Interpretations of Employability
Quelle	In: Higher Education Policy, 23 (2010) 2, S.271-284 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0952-8733
DOI	10.1057/hep.2010.6
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Employment Potential; Employment Patterns; Labor Market; Graduate Surveys; Bachelors Degrees; Employment Qualifications; Higher Education; Educational Policy; Educational Change; Policy Analysis; Educational Principles; Program Implementation; Role of Education; College Graduates; Norway + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Beschäftigungsstruktur; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; 'Bachelor''s degrees'; Bachelor-Studiengang; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsreform; Politikfeldanalyse; Bildungsprinzip; Bildungsauftrag; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Norwegen
Abstract	One of the aims of the implementation of a two-tier degree system was that the new Bachelor's degree should serve two functions: as a basis for further studies (Master's level), and at the same time to qualify for the labour market. This twofold function may be present to a different degree in various countries, but was an explicit policy objective in the Norwegian Quality Reform. This paper will discuss the tension between these two functions using the concept of employability, and we will use Norwegian graduate survey data to illustrate how the Bachelor's degree from a university is rewarded in the Norwegian labour market. Analyses show that only a small proportion of university Bachelor's candidates found relevant employment 6 months after graduation. The main reason seems to be that the candidates themselves primarily aim at further studies rather than seeking employment, but also that the perceived employability among Bachelor's students was quite weak. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10