Clearing the myths away: higher education’s place in meeting workforce demands
This report looks at the relationship between the changing nature of Australia’s occupational system and the training of young people, focusing on the higher education sector. It explores the gap between the supply of and demand for young people with university training and concludes that a serious mismatch has developed as a result of the following myths: (1) there is too much emphasis on university training; (2) there is an inherent conflict between expanding trade training and maintaining or increasing university education; and (3) because of an ageing population, there will not be enough y ... Show more
Authors: Birrell, Bob; Rapson, Virginia
Published: Sydney, New South Wales, Dusseldorp Skills Forum, 2006
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Physical description: 17 p.
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