Connecting higher education to workplace activities and earnings

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 18; no. 3; p. e0282323
• Main Authors: Chau, Hung, Bana, Sarah H., Bouvier, Baptiste, Frank, Morgan R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 15.03.2023; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Academic disciplines; Analysis; Career development; Careers; Cognition & reasoning; Colleges & universities; Computer science; Curricula; Design; Economic aspects; Economic growth; Education; Educational aspects; Evaluation; Forecasts and trends; Graduation rate; Higher education; Higher education institutions; Humans; Income; Information systems; Labor market; Motor skill learning; Occupational health; Occupations; People and Places; Profits; Skilled labor; Skills; Social Sciences; Students; Subject fields; Taxonomy; Trends; Workforce; Workplace; United States; United States > US

Higher education is a source of skill acquisition for many middle- and high-skilled jobs. But what specific skills do universities impart on students to prepare them for desirable careers? In this study, we analyze a large novel corpora of over one million syllabi from over eight hundred bachelors’...