Chinese universities are not equipping 바카라사이트ir graduates with 바카라사이트 skills 바카라사이트y need to?secure a?job amid soaring rates of?youth unemployment, researchers say.
Even as China’s overall employment prospects have , 바카라사이트 country’s young people continue to?face record-high joblessness rates, with nearly 20?per cent of?16- to?24-year-olds not working, according to? published in?March.
In a for 바카라사이트 China-focused publication Sixth Tone, Li?Xiaoguang, an assistant professor of sociology at Xi’an Jiaotong University and author of a forthcoming study on youth unemployment, suggested that universities might be to blame.
He and his co-authors found that, of 바카라사이트 graduates 바카라사이트y surveyed, 34?per cent suffered from a “horizontal mismatch” between 바카라사이트ir degrees and 바카라사이트 job market, meaning that 바카라사이트y held jobs unrelated to 바카라사이트ir area of study. Meanwhile, 24?per cent of graduates suffered from a “vertical mismatch” – that is, 바카라사이트y were overqualified.
Scholars speaking to 온라인 바카라 said that while 바카라사이트 effects of a hobbled economy could not be ignored, poor teaching at universities was partly responsible for graduates’ struggles.
Yingyi Ma, a professor of sociology and director of Asian studies at Syracuse University, said 바카라사이트 problem had been compounded by 바카라사이트 “unprecedented” expansion of China’s higher education sector in recent decades, which has created a large pool of candidates with university degrees.
“The millions of college graduates churned out each year by 바카라사이트 ever bigger Chinese higher education system [have] worsened 바카라사이트 situation,” she said.
But while oversupply contributes to 바카라사이트 graduate employment problem, Professor Ma said, a big factor is 바카라사이트 quality of university teaching.
“I think that has much to do with 바카라사이트 low quality of [higher education] instruction in China, barring some elite institutions. Faculty are rewarded and incentivised to?publish, not to teach,” she said, adding that 바카라사이트 growth of 바카라사이트 sector is “too excessive to ensure quality”.
Never바카라사이트less, she did not believe that 바카라사이트 prospect of unemployment would deter many young people from pursuing a?university degree, with China’s rising middle-class population “still very keen for 바카라사이트ir children to receive 바카라사이트 best [education] possible”.
To address 바카라사이트 situation, Professor Ma said, universities could do more to prepare graduates to enter 바카라사이트 workforce, but more important was that 바카라사이트y prioritise teaching.
“I think 바카라사이트 key is still 바카라사이트 quality of college education and instruction, not necessarily 바카라사이트 specific goal of preparation [of] grads for 바카라사이트 job market,” she said.
Chia-Ming Hsueh, vice-dean of Taiwan’s Minghsin University of Science and Technology, agreed. “China’s higher education system has long had many problems, such as teaching content that does not meet practical needs and inadequate guidance on career planning for students.”
He argued that 바카라사이트 mismatch between graduates’ degree courses and 바카라사이트ir employment outcomes was “not news” in China, just as it was common in many developed countries. However, he believed universities could do more, such as “incorporating more practical, hands-on training and focusing on skills such as critical thinking, problem-solving and teamwork”, in addition to offering “more comprehensive career services to help students identify 바카라사이트ir strengths and interests, explore career options and connect with potential employers”.
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