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The American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) cites both economic and noneconomic benefits of a college education in its criticism of current arguments that the value of a college education is declining. Richard Freeman and J. Herbert Holloman have asserted that the value of a college degree is decreasing because its "rate of…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Economic Factors, Educational Benefits, Educational Demand
Brennan, John; McGeevor, Philip – 1988
This book contains the findings of a British project studying the employment experiences of a sample of Council for National Academic Awards (CNAA) graduates for the year 1982. Chapters One and Two describe the project and the context for the project. Chapter Three presents an overview of the employment experiences of the sample from graduation in…
Descriptors: Age, Career Choice, Education Work Relationship, Educational Benefits
Solmon, Lewis C.; And Others – 1977
The specific intent of the study was to find out what college graduates mean when they say their job is related to their major, and to what extent and in what instances the major-job relationship influences job satisfaction. The effect of the relationship on job satisfaction and salary is examined, with separate chapters devoted to career outcomes…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Graduates, Education Work Relationship, Educational Benefits
Pryor, Frederic L.; Schaffer, David L. – 1999
This book explains major trends in the U.S. labor market over the last quarter-century. Chapter 1 presents hypotheses regarding the changing labor market. Chapter 2 looks at cognitive skills and formal education as determinants of employment. Chapter 3 develops the argument that the downward occupational mobility arising from changes in the supply…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Dislocated Workers, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment
Boys, Chris J.; Kirkland, John – 1988
This book offers information from research on how 1,584 graduates from the British public higher education and from private universities fared in the labor market in comparison with each other; whether graduates in some subjects do better than others and the value of first destination statistics (employment information data 6 months after…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Education Work Relationship, Educational Benefits, Educational Status Comparison
Heinz, Walter R., Ed. – 1999
This volume is composed of 13 comparable longitudinal studies that draw on survey data and case studies of young people in Canada, Germany, Great Britain, and the United States. "Introduction: Transitions to Employment in a Cross-National Perspective" (Walter R. Heinz) provides a context and an overview. Part I has four chapters that…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Comparative Analysis, Developed Nations, Education Work Relationship
