Overview

From autumn 1998 to spring 2000, about 3,000 graduates each from 9 countries in the European Region, one EFTA country (Norway), one of the Central and Eastern European countries in transition (the Czech Republic) and one economically advanced country outside Europe (Japan) provided information through a written questionnaire on the relationship between higher education and employment four years after graduation.
The respondents answered questions on their

socio-biographic background,
study paths,
transition from higher education to employment,
early career,
links between study and employment,
job satisfaction and
their retrospective view on higher education.

The study provided a unique opportunity to examine the extent to which the relationship between higher education and the world of work are similar or different among the Western European countries. This became more clear through the inclusion of one country each from the Central and Eastern European countries and one country outside Europe.

The study also helps to understand the common elements and differences between various fields of study and occupational areas.

The study looks at current salient issues of higher education, i.e.

equality,
the role educational levels play,
the demand for specialized or general competencies,
the growing role of international mobility and of life-long education,
the regional diversity in higher education.

Last not least, the study allows to examine the extent to which socio-biographic backgrounds, educational experiences and achievements as well as the transition process determine early career and links between competencies and work assignments.

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Last modification: 2007-04-07
Harald Schomburg
schomburg.at.incher.uni-kassel.de
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