Title
Higher education governance in crisis : a critical reflection on the massification of higher education, graduate employment and social mobility
Document Type
Journal article
Source Publication
Journal of Education and Work
Publication Date
1-1-2016
Volume
29
Issue
1
First Page
1
Last Page
12
Keywords
massification of higher education, graduate employment, educational equality, social mobility, higher education governance crisis
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.
DOI
10.1080/13639080.2015.1049023
Print ISSN
13639080
E-ISSN
14699435
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Full-text Version
Publisher’s Version
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Mok, K. H., & Neubauer, D. (2016). Higher education governance in crisis: A critical reflection on the massification of higher education, graduate employment and social mobility. Journal of Education and Work, 29(1), 1-12. doi: 10.1080/13639080.2015.1049023
