Rationalities That Underpin Employability Provision in Higher Education across Eight Countries
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| Title: | Rationalities That Underpin Employability Provision in Higher Education across Eight Countries |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Hooley, T. J., Bennett, D., Knight, E. B. |
| Source: | Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research. 2023 86(5):1003-1023. |
| Availability: | Springer. Available from: Springer Nature. One New York Plaza, Suite 4600, New York, NY 10004. Tel: 800-777-4643; Tel: 212-460-1500; Fax: 212-460-1700; e-mail: customerservice@springernature.com; Web site: https://link.springer.com/ |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 21 |
| Publication Date: | 2023 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Employment Potential, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Stakeholders, Humanism, Discourse Analysis, Educational Strategies |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10734-022-00957-y |
| ISSN: | 0018-1560 1573-174X |
| Abstract: | This article explores the rationalities advanced by 18 higher education institutions, located across eight countries, for developing and delivering employability provision. The article uses Sultana's Habermasian-derived framework to categorise rationalities as either technocratic, humanistic or emancipatory. Based on a series of semi-structured dialogic interviews, the article explores how key strategic and operational personnel within higher education institutions articulate their rationality for engaging with employability. It finds that the rationalities advanced to support employability within different institutions vary through a conversation between institutional culture and priorities and the demands of different stakeholders who the institution seeks to engage. The technocratic and humanistic rationalities dominate, with the emancipatory rationality weakly represented in the data. However, in many cases, the different rationalities are woven together, often for tactical reasons, to create bespoke institutional rationalities. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2023 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1399005 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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| Abstract: | This article explores the rationalities advanced by 18 higher education institutions, located across eight countries, for developing and delivering employability provision. The article uses Sultana's Habermasian-derived framework to categorise rationalities as either technocratic, humanistic or emancipatory. Based on a series of semi-structured dialogic interviews, the article explores how key strategic and operational personnel within higher education institutions articulate their rationality for engaging with employability. It finds that the rationalities advanced to support employability within different institutions vary through a conversation between institutional culture and priorities and the demands of different stakeholders who the institution seeks to engage. The technocratic and humanistic rationalities dominate, with the emancipatory rationality weakly represented in the data. However, in many cases, the different rationalities are woven together, often for tactical reasons, to create bespoke institutional rationalities. |
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| ISSN: | 0018-1560 1573-174X |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10734-022-00957-y |
