‘The degree is not enough’: students’ perceptions of the role of higher education credentials for graduate work and employability
‘The degree is not enough’: students’ perceptions of the role of higher education credentials for graduate work and employability
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“学位还不够”：学生对高等教育证书对毕业生工作和就业能力作用的看法
DOI：
10.1080/01425690701737457
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发表时间：
2008
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
M. Tomlinson
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作者：
M. Tomlinson
英国政府呼吁高等教育学生将他们的学习视为一种投资，这将使他们在劳动力市场上直接受益。与此同时，学历与其在劳动力市场的回报之间的关系近年来一直在发生变化。基于对1992年以前的一所大学的53名最后一年本科生的定性研究，本文探讨了高等教育学生如何理解他们的教育证书在他们未来就业能力中的作用。它表明，学生认为他们的学历在塑造他们的就业结果中的作用正在下降，这被认为是一个拥挤和竞争激烈的毕业生劳动力市场。虽然学历仍然被视为就业能力的一个重要方面，但学生们越来越多地看到，为了在劳动力市场上获得优势，有必要增加学历的价值。
The UK Government is calling upon higher education students to see their learning as an investment that will give them direct benefits in the labour market. At the same time, the relationship between educational credentials and their returns in labour market has been changing in recent times. Based on a qualitative study with 53 final‐year undergraduate students in a pre‐1992 university, this article examines the way higher education students understand the role of their educational credentials in relation to their future employability. It shows that students perceive their academic qualifications as having a declining role in shaping their employment outcomes in what is perceived to be a congested and competitive graduate labour market. While academic credentials are still seen as a significant dimension of their employability, students increasingly see the need to add value to them in order to gain an advantage in the labour market.