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The Emphasis on Employability and the Changing Role of the University in Europe.
- Source :
- Higher Education in Europe; Dec2008, Vol. 33 Issue 4, p387-394, 8p
- Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- This article argues that in today's knowledge societies, European universities are called upon to make students more employable, by cultivating their skills and by encouraging them to lifelong learning for enhancing their flexibility in the labour market. Employability is emphatically stressed and, to a certain extent, is associated with equity concerns. However, the special emphasis on employability is strongly associated with the emergence of the 'market-driven' or 'pragmatic' university, as pressures increase for the university to abandon the Humboldtian ideals of its autonomy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- EMPLOYMENT
UNIVERSITIES & colleges
LABOR market
EQUITY (Law)
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03797724
- Volume :
- 33
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Higher Education in Europe
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 35651026
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03797720802522593