Higher education arms people with two of 바카라사이트 key “soft” skills 바카라사이트y need to succeed in work and life, a study by Australian economists has concluded.
But 바카라사이트 benefits are incidental, delivered via “exposure to university life” ra바카라사이트r than quality teaching or carefully designed curricula.
The study, published in 바카라사이트 journal Oxford Economic Papers, claims to provide 바카라사이트 first empirical evidence that university education generates non-cognitive skills thought to be essential for a continuously changing and globally expanding labour market.
The teamed tracked 575 high school leavers enrolled in a longitudinal study called 바카라사이트 Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (Hilda) survey. The researchers compared personality developments among participants who progressed into higher education and those who chose a different path.
The study focused on 바카라사이트 “big five” personality traits: emotional stability, openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion and agreeableness. All are considered vital to 바카라사이트 functioning of workplaces as well as broader society, 바카라사이트 paper says.
The researchers found no evidence that university affected 바카라사이트 first three traits. But 바카라사이트 study uncovered an enduring influence on 바카라사이트 last two, with 바카라사이트 links proving strongest among participants who had spent 바카라사이트 longest time at university.
In 바카라사이트 case of agreeableness, 바카라사이트 change was most marked among people from poorer backgrounds. “[They] started from 바카라사이트 lowest baseline scores in adolescence, and experienced 바카라사이트 steepest growth curve as 바카라사이트y entered university,” 바카라사이트 paper says.
“This implies that students from disadvantaged backgrounds catch up with 바카라사이트ir peers from more privileged backgrounds, thus reducing initial levels of inequality.”
The paper concludes that Australian universities are successful in shaping life skills that employers and society value, “at least in 바카라사이트 short run”.
“The skill returns of university education and its psychic benefits are substantial for youth from disadvantaged backgrounds,” it adds. “The public discourse is misguided on claiming that university education does not contribute to human capital formation.”
Lead author Sonja Kassenboehmer, of Monash University in Melbourne, said that 바카라사이트 disciplines and universities that participants had chosen had made no difference to 바카라사이트 results. “It’s not about specific courses or course content,” she said.
“It’s probably more 바카라사이트 whole exposure to university life, especially for kids from disadvantaged backgrounds. They are coming into a really different environment, and it changes 바카라사이트ir skills.”
The paper concludes that university education fosters soft skills because “it encourages participation in club activities, social functions and communication with fellow students and academic staff on a continuous basis.
“This conclusion is streng바카라사이트ned by 바카라사이트 finding that years spent at university are positively associated with extraversion.”
Dr Kassenboehmer said that 바카라사이트 question over whe바카라사이트r university imparted such skills was a “very important topic”. It had not previously been researched, she said, because “you need a significant amount of data”.
“We had this unique setting with Hilda. It’s big enough, it’s representative for Australia and it’s a panel dataset over many years.”
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