Abstract
In the last few decades, higher education expansion is becoming increasingly a growing trend in the Asia and Pacific region. With strong conviction to produce more people better equipped with knowledge and skills for coping with the challenges of the globalizing economy, many governments in the Asia and Pacific region have increased higher education enrolments. The massification of higher education has generated significant pressure for graduate employment and eventually affected upward social mobility, with imbalanced supply and demand in terms of higher education graduates. This article sets out against the context highlighted above to critically examine the influence on Asian societies when these higher education enrolments are expanded, as well as its consequences to graduate employment and the impact on social mobility.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1-12 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Journal of Education and Work |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2 Jan 2016 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Keywords
- educational equality
- graduate employment
- higher education governance crisis
- massification of higher education
- social mobility
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Higher education governance in crisis : a critical reflection on the massification of higher education, graduate employment and social mobility. / MOK, Ka Ho, Joshua; NEUBAUER, Deane E.
In: Journal of Education and Work, Vol. 29, No. 1, 02.01.2016, p. 1-12.Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed)
TY - JOUR
T1 - Higher education governance in crisis
T2 - a critical reflection on the massification of higher education, graduate employment and social mobility
AU - MOK, Ka Ho, Joshua
AU - NEUBAUER, Deane E.
PY - 2016/1/2
Y1 - 2016/1/2
N2 - In the last few decades, higher education expansion is becoming increasingly a growing trend in the Asia and Pacific region. With strong conviction to produce more people better equipped with knowledge and skills for coping with the challenges of the globalizing economy, many governments in the Asia and Pacific region have increased higher education enrolments. The massification of higher education has generated significant pressure for graduate employment and eventually affected upward social mobility, with imbalanced supply and demand in terms of higher education graduates. This article sets out against the context highlighted above to critically examine the influence on Asian societies when these higher education enrolments are expanded, as well as its consequences to graduate employment and the impact on social mobility.
AB - In the last few decades, higher education expansion is becoming increasingly a growing trend in the Asia and Pacific region. With strong conviction to produce more people better equipped with knowledge and skills for coping with the challenges of the globalizing economy, many governments in the Asia and Pacific region have increased higher education enrolments. The massification of higher education has generated significant pressure for graduate employment and eventually affected upward social mobility, with imbalanced supply and demand in terms of higher education graduates. This article sets out against the context highlighted above to critically examine the influence on Asian societies when these higher education enrolments are expanded, as well as its consequences to graduate employment and the impact on social mobility.
KW - educational equality
KW - graduate employment
KW - higher education governance crisis
KW - massification of higher education
KW - social mobility
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U2 - 10.1080/13639080.2015.1049023
DO - 10.1080/13639080.2015.1049023
M3 - Journal Article (refereed)
VL - 29
SP - 1
EP - 12
JO - Journal of Education and Work
JF - Journal of Education and Work
SN - 1363-9080
IS - 1
ER -