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Higher technological education specialties and graduates’ vocational status and prospects

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to focus on a thorough comparison of the broader specialties
and subspecialties provided by Greek higher technological education, regarding the employment
status and the vocational prospects of the corresponding graduates, and aims to identify and analyze
the relevant existing differences.
Design/methodology/approach – Original empirical data were collected from 5,183 graduates
of Technological Educational Institutes of higher education through a national survey using
telephone interviews and a structured questionnaire. The stratified sample consisted of graduates
originating from all nine different broader specialties (faculties) and 45 subspecialties (departments).
Descriptive, bivariate and multivariate statistical analysis was used for the elaboration of the collected
information.
Findings – The results showed that there are significant differences among the graduates of
different specialties regarding some employment characteristics, such as professional status, type
of employment, relevance between present work and Bachelor studies, and satisfaction from
employment and wages. Additionally, the results identify distinguished clusters among certain
broader specialties and subspecialties regarding graduates’ employment status and characteristics.
Practical implications – The revealed existence of strong relationships between broader specialties/
subspecialties and their graduates’ vocational prospects can offer justified advice/guidelines to secondary
education graduates for applying to specialties presenting promising employment prospects.
Originality/value – This work, being one of the very few nation-wide studies, reveals and highlights
the most important higher education specialties regarding the vocational status and prospects of the
corresponding graduates, providing a guideline for the selection of the subject of studies that leads to a
more promising career.

Keywords Greece, Higher education, Curricula, Qualifications, Higher technological education,Specialty of studies, Employment, Labour market

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Education þ Training

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: Emerald Group., 2013

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Education þ Training Vol. 55 No. 6, 2013 pp. 520-537

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