Towards an expanded discourse on graduate outcomes in South Africa
SOURCE: Education as Change
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2018
TITLE AUTHOR(S): S.Fongwa
KEYWORDS: EMPLOYMENT, GRADUATES
DEPARTMENT: Equitable Education and Economies (IED)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 10742
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/13557
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/13557
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2018
TITLE AUTHOR(S): S.Fongwa
KEYWORDS: EMPLOYMENT, GRADUATES
DEPARTMENT: Equitable Education and Economies (IED)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 10742
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/13557
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/13557
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Abstract
With a growing culture of accountability and institutional 'managerialism' at universities and other higher education institutions, graduate employability and actual employment outcomes have become key indicators for higher education success. Research on graduate outcomes has gained significant currency among national governments, university management, employers and students. Research on graduate outcomes has, unsurprisingly, focused on econometric and instrumental measurements of graduate outcomes. Taking cognisance of the importance of the econometric, earning-based, and skills-driven conceptualisation aimed at addressing employer expectations of skills demands, student aspirations and a structurally shifting economy/curriculum, I argue for an expanded conceptualisation of graduate outcomes research. I propose a framing that interrogates and accounts for the complex constraints and injustices linked to history, background, and socio-economic context which usually obscure underlying inequalities of (un)employment and graduate outcome numbers always present. I propose a human development (capability-informed) approach as an alternative framework which applies broader notions of human development, social justice and freedoms to graduate outcomes research.-
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