Project/Area Number |
02301042
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Co-operative Research (A)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Research Field |
Educaion
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Research Institution | Hiroshima Univeristy |
Principal Investigator |
SEKI Masao Hiroshima Univ., Research Institute for Higher Education Professor, 大学教育研究センター, 教授 (60034328)
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Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
YANO Masakazu Tokyo Inst. of Technology, Dept. of Engineering Professor, 工学部, 教授 (30016521)
KIKUCHI Joji Ohsaka Univ., Dept. of Human Behavioral Studies Professor, 人間科学部, 教授 (00027963)
USHIOGI Morikazu Nagoya Univ., Dept. of International Development Professor, 大学院国際開発研究科, 教授 (80022391)
KANEKO Motohisa Hiroshima Univ., Research Institute for Higher Education Associate Professor, 大学教育研究センター, 助教授 (10185936)
ARIMOTO Akira Hiroshima Univ., Research Institute for Higher Education Professor, 大学教育研究センター, 教授 (00030437)
市川 昭午 国立教育研究所, 教育政策研究部, 部長 (00000050)
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Project Period (FY) |
1990 – 1991
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Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 1991)
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Budget Amount *help |
¥5,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,800,000)
Fiscal Year 1991: ¥2,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000)
Fiscal Year 1990: ¥3,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000)
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Keywords | Higher Education / Employment / Postsecondary Education / Life-Long Education / Occupational Education / Manpower / Labor Force |
Research Abstract |
With the rapid structural changes in economy and society, the relation between higher education and employment has been shed fresh lights as a critical issue in Japan and in other OECD countries. It is ironical that the concern has not risen from depressed labor market. In fact, the prospect of employment for college graduates has been bright in past few years. Nonetheless, it has been widely argued that what is taught in higher education appears to be losting its relevance to work. From that perspective, this study investigated the retation between higher education and employment. Specifically, it analyzed (i) the flow of higher education graduates to the labor market ; (ii) continuing education of higher education graduates at work ; (iii) education in humanities and social sciences and employment ; and (iv) employment are career of female junior college graduates. Through the analysis, it is concluded that (i) employment condition for graduates has gone through cyclicaL changes over the last three decades ; (ii) through the changes the relation between higher education and employment has become loosened ; and (iii) the demanded qualities for higher education graduates are shifting.
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