Ken S. Coates, Bill Morrison

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Why Universities Won't Solve the Youth Jobs Crisis

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Produktbeschreibung

Two professors look at the mystique around universities and the consequences of "credentialism."

For decades, we have promoted the idea that a university degree is a passport to future career success. Ken Coates and Bill Morrison argue that the over-promotion of higher education and university degrees is actually undermining the lives of young people, saddling them with enormous debts, and costing governments huge amounts of money.

As the young flock to universities in ever-increasing numbers, fewer of them than ever find the elusive "good jobs" that they are pursuing. In fact, many of those jobs no longer exist. We are in the midst of a youth employment crisis that is global in proportion, and we are facing serious misunderstandings about the unfolding career prospects for young adults entering a world of rapid technological change. Ken Coates and Bill Morrison explore the impacts of universities turning out graduates with the wrong skills, and the consequences of vanishing job opportunities.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Dundurn Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781459733794
• Artikelnr.: 45103715

Autorenporträt

Ken S. Coates is a prolific author whose works include Canada's Colonies, The Modern North, North to Alaska, many academic books, and documentaries. He has served as a consultant to northern governments and organizations and is Canada Research Chair in Regional Innovation at the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Saskatchewan. He lives in Saskatoon.