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Carnevale, Anthony P.; Smith, Nicole; Strohl, Jeff – Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2013
This report is the successor to "Help Wanted: Projections of Jobs and Education Demand through 2018," in which researchers examined the connections between educational attainment and educational demand in the labor market. In this report, the authors update the jobs projected to be available through 2020, using a macro-micro modeling…
Descriptors: Employment Projections, Job Development, Employment Opportunities, Employment Qualifications
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Cooke, Richard; Barkham, Michael; Audin, Kerry; Bradley, Margaret; Davy, John – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2004
The present paper outlines the experiences reported by students from different social class backgrounds who have recently graduated from university. Students from manual skilled and partly skilled backgrounds were classed as disadvantaged, while students from professional or intermediate backgrounds were classed as advantaged. Data were collected…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Characteristics, Higher Education, Foreign Countries
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Cabrito, Belmiro Gil – Higher Education in Europe, 2004
This article raises questions about the degree of equity of higher education in Portugal. It is based on research that the author conducted in 1995 and 1996. From diversified indicators, namely the academic level and social class of the parents of university students in particular, and the Portuguese population, the author concludes that, in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Social Class, Equal Education