{"id":71808,"date":"2024-02-23T00:29:24","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T05:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world.edu\/?p=71808"},"modified":"2024-02-23T00:29:24","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T05:29:24","slug":"does-a-university-undergraduate-degree-lead-to-a-good-job-it-depends-what-you-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.edu\/does-a-university-undergraduate-degree-lead-to-a-good-job-it-depends-what-you-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"Does a university undergraduate degree lead to a \u2018good job?\u2019 It depends what you mean"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71809\" src=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Better-Job.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Better-Job.jpeg 780w, https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Better-Job-250x125.jpeg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Universities are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/univcan.ca\/media-room\/media-releases\/universities-must-be-a-part-of-canadas-plan-for-economic-growth\">central to Canada\u2019s economic growth<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, governments (<a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/low-funding-for-universities-puts-students-at-risk-for-cycles-of-poverty-especially-in-the-wake-of-covid-19-131363\">which partially fund them<\/a>), employers (who hire graduates) and students (who pay tuition fees) have come to view universities as a tool to achieve their own goals: economic growth,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/covid-19-reveals-the-folly-of-performance-based-funding-for-universities-138575\">a productive workforce<\/a>\u00a0and good jobs after graduation.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, the increasing focus on training undergraduates for specific jobs\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/entrepreneurship-learning-all-university-students-can-benefit-172585\">or as economic entrepreneurs<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 not only in traditional professional degrees in STEM, such as engineering but across all university programs \u2014 shortchanges all parties involved.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Is education only to be \u2018endured\u2019?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Positioning jobs as the paramount outcome of a degree strips away opportunities for students to explore their passions and interests and instead frames education as something they must endure \u2014 as they focus on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/goldiechan\/2023\/07\/24\/5-challenges-to-overcome-building-a-personal-brand-as-college-student\/?sh=1a5c171a609b\">packaging themselves as marketable brands<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Even while the spectre\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jacobin.com\/2023\/07\/canada-precarity-gig-work-skills-labor-data\">of employment precarity<\/a>\u00a0and debt hang over students, and despite trends\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ontariosuniversities.ca\/news\/preparing-students-to-graduate-job-ready-and-resilient\/\">towards work-ready<\/a>\u00a0undergraduate programs, it\u2019s often only after students have earned an undergraduate degree that they know their career aspirations \u2014 and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macleans.ca\/work\/jobs\/should-i-pursue-a-masters-degree\">seek education to bolster<\/a>\u00a0a workplace role that fits them.<\/p>\n<p>One result\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/shodewan\/2023\/09\/10\/will-a-masters-degree-help-advance-your-career\/?sh=1dbd322074b9\">is that a master\u2019s degree is becoming the new bachelor\u2019s degree<\/a>\u00a0in terms of advancing one\u2019s employment prospects. Students who have pursued their interests during their undergraduate years enter master\u2019s or second-entry programs with a base of general non-workplace knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>This knowledge base comes not only from their undergraduate coursework or weekly job fairs. Rather, it primarily comes after\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/students-returning-to-campus-want-the-university-experience-missed-during-covid-19-186507\">taking advantage of all that universities offer<\/a>\u00a0without the pressures of wondering how any assignment, course or program is related to a future job.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Shifting missions and purposes today<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Universities have become critical engines of national, regional and local innovation and research that have to manage\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/universityaffairs.ca\/news\/news-article\/performance-based-funding-comes-to-the-canadian-postsecondary-sector\/\">new expectations from governments<\/a>, employers and students. In the past decade, post-secondary institutions\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/universityaffairs.ca\/opinion\/in-my-opinion\/international-students-as-problems-and-solutions\/\">have also become a means to attract high-performing immigrants<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As governments link\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/covid-19-reveals-the-folly-of-performance-based-funding-for-universities-138575\">university funding to labour market outcomes<\/a>\u00a0using various performance measures, universities are in danger of becoming job preparation academies.<\/p>\n<p>Employers seek graduates ready to enter the workplace, even while labour advocates point to stronger models for on-the-job-training seen in other countries\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/edmontonjournal.com\/opinion\/columnists\/opinion-adopting-german-job-training-model-could-help-lift-alberta-out-of-downturn\">such as Germany<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Pressures on students<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Many high school students face\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/education\/stress-of-getting-into-university-now-starts-in-grade-10\/article18347125\">intense pressure to be accepted into an undergraduate program<\/a>\u00a0that promises\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/life\/article-plain-and-simple-students-want-college-programs-that-get-them-jobs\/\">a good job after graduation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Not surprisingly, given the context, many students, prodded by parents, select programs with the words such as \u201cbusiness,\u201d \u201ctechnology\u201d and \u201cinformation\u201d in the title. Across Canada,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/macleans.ca\/education\/the-best-application-help-money-can-buy\">humanities enrolments have declined, while applications to science, engineering and business programs have increased steadily<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>These programs are oversubscribed, allowing universities to charge\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thevarsity.ca\/2023\/11\/18\/why-do-some-undergraduate-degrees-cost-so-much-more-than-others\/\">deregulated fees<\/a>\u00a0that are much higher than fees for most other undergraduate BA and B.Sc. programs. After graduation, students may find they are qualified for highly competitive entry-level positions that scarcely appeal to their interests.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Education as tool?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Until\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www150.statcan.gc.ca\/n1\/en\/pub\/11-008-x\/2000001\/article\/5086-eng.pdf?st=hiGpmHsZ\">the mid-1970s, unemployment rates were low<\/a>. Many graduates found jobs relatively easily after graduation as the economy boomed and the public sector \u2014 such as education \u2014 expanded.<\/p>\n<p>Any program of study would most likely lead to a job, and to further opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>The reverse is the case now: competition for good jobs is fierce and sometimes\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/ahead-of-the-game-or-falling-behind-canadas-readiness-for-a-borderless-global-workforce-201625\">international in nature<\/a>, resulting\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hachettebookgroup.com\/titles\/suzanne-mettler\/degrees-of-inequality\/9780465044962\/\">in intensive economic and social pressure<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Understandably, most young people have come to view university education as instrumental: a tool to gain a good job.<\/p>\n<p>Yet as education researcher Roy Y. Chan shows, a growing misalignment exists between the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.harvard.edu\/roychan\/publications\/understanding-purpose-higher-education-analysis-economic-and-social-benefits\">pragmatic, instrumental goals and aims\u201d of students and the reality of universities\u2019 renegotiating their contemporary missions and mandates<\/a>. All the while, this is happening amid increasing financial pressure and new post-secondary funding models.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>The meaning of a \u2018good job\u2019<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>A good first job after graduation is one that fits the temperament of the person\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/The-Essential-Guide-to-Studying-Abroad-From-Success-in-the-Classroom-to\/Klassen-Menges\/p\/book\/9780367235161\">and reflects a degree of self-knowledge of<\/a>\u00a0what they can commit to working hard at. \u201cGood jobs\u201d immediately after graduation are not necessarily those that have the highest pay or prestige.<\/p>\n<p>Promoting an undergraduate education to young people as a step \u2014 if not the most critical step \u2014\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spon.ca\/doug-ford-has-plunged-colleges-and-universities-into-crisis-with-historic-funding-cuts-and-no-plan-for-their-futures\/2023\/04\/26\/comment-page-1\/\">to entering the workforce is<\/a>\u00a0misleading.<\/p>\n<p>Both government and universities must rethink the role of the undergraduate degree, and employers should not expect job-ready candidates immediately after the undergraduate convocation ceremony.<\/p>\n<h2>Learning how to learn<\/h2>\n<p>Universities, governments and employers must communicate to Canada\u2019s young people, and future leaders, that a large part of the value of their undergraduate degree, whichever degree they choose, lies in taking advantage of all the opportunities for learning that universities offer.<\/p>\n<p>A university education is an investment, but primarily one in learning how to learn. A university education should teach students how to: be curious, follow passions, debate and ask questions, forge friendships, pursue passions and understand oneself and one\u2019s place in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Young people with such a mindset in their education are poised to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ubcpress.ca\/how-to-succeed-at-university-and-get-a-great-job\">flourish in university and in the workplace<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Author Bio:<\/strong> Thomas Klassen is Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration at York University, Canada<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Universities are\u00a0central to Canada\u2019s economic growth. As a result, governments (which partially fund them), employers (who hire graduates) and students (who pay tuition fees) have come to view universities as a tool to achieve their own goals: economic growth,\u00a0a productive workforce\u00a0and good jobs after graduation. 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