Labor, Markets, and Educational Restructuring
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9757127 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Zemsky (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 559 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 77-90 |
| Publication date | 1998-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002716298559001007 |
| OpenAlex | W1968707364 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
Using a theoretical framework developed by Professor Akira Arimoto to describe recent changes in the Japanese system of higher education, Robert Zemsky discusses what happens when higher education becomes the norm in a society and when this massification of a higher education system gives way to post-massification. Zemsky demonstrates how, in the current era of post-massification, American higher education is a system under duress, at a time when the economy, shifting demographics, and political lassitude have forced a restructuring of the enterprise. He examines trends such as the price-income squeeze, where the economic returns to college have fallen while the cost has risen; the bifurcation of institutions into outlets and medallions; the reduced demand for young workers; and the dynamics of local labor and education markets. Zemsky concludes that, once the market for college graduates becomes saturated in a locality, the boundary between massification and post-massification is crossed, leading to a restratification of both educational attainment and economic advantage
Economic growth · Economics · Educational attainment · Higher education · Labour economics · Market economy · Norm (philosophy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Restructuring · Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism · Finance · Higher Education Governance and Development · Law
Perceived Job Insecurity and Entry into Work-Related Education and Training among Adult Workers
Adult men and the post-industrial ‘turn’
Higher Education Journals' Discourse about Adult Undergraduate Students
Fundamental resource dis/advantages, youth health and adult educational outcomes
Skills Shifts and Black Male Joblessness in Major Urban Labor Markets over the 1980's
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,19 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2017 (18) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |