Students’ use of extra-curricular activities for positional advantage in competitive job markets

Roulin, Nicolas; Bangerter, Adrian

doi:10.1080/13639080.2011.623122

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“…often their family members might be alumni, but they also increase their worth by undertaking more extracurricular activities (see Roulin and Bangerter 2011). Overall, as Brown (2013) has noted, this trend has served principally to fuel yet further resentment:…”

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Graduate views on access to higher education: is it really a case of pulling up the ladder?

Webb

Watson

Cook

et al. 2015

Studies in Higher Education

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Using as a starting point the recent work of Mountford-Zimdars, Jones, Sullivan and Heath (2013), we analyse attitudes towards expanding HE opportunities in the UK. We propose that the approach of Mountford-Zimdars et al. is flawed not only in its adoption of a multivariate logistic regression but in its interpretation of results. We make a number of adaptations, chief among them the use of an ordered probit approach and the addition of a time dimension to test for changes in attitudes between 2000 and 2010. We find attitudes towards HE expansion have intensified during the decade 2000-2010, but we uncover no evidence that this is due to graduates wanting to 'pull up the ladder', as suggested by Mountford-Zimdars et al. We argue that evidence of a widespread desire to reduce access to HE can most likely be explained by social congestion theory, internal institutional disaffection and rising tuition fees.

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Section: Expectation Versus Realitymentioning

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Graduate views on access to higher education: is it really a case of pulling up the ladder?

Webb

Watson

Cook

et al. 2015

Studies in Higher Education

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“…For example, B17 was engaged in charitable work organised by her mother and B2 was involved with the St. John Ambulance with her parents. Roulin and Bangerter (2013) also point out that the students in their study were often continuing with ECAs they had begun as children.…”

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“…There have been relatively few studies into student engagement in ECAs in higher education (Lehmann, 2012;Roulin & Bangerter, 2013). This paper concentrates on the extent to which students participate in ECAs in order to develop their personal capital -and the rationale they provide for their level of engagement (or non-engagement) in such activities.…”

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“…1 It must, however, be appreciated -as Brown and Hesketh (2004) and Roulin and Bangerter (2013) have pointed out -that there is considerable variation in the quality of graduate jobs, in terms of pay and other conditions of employment. Brown and Hesketh (2004, argue that mass HE has attracted many more contestants but [this] has not been accompanied by a commensurate expansion in the number of high-quality professional and managerial jobs (p.12).…”

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Competing in the graduate labour market: Student perspectives on (not) participating in extra-curricular activities

Greenbank

2014

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In order to be able to compete in an increasingly competitive graduate labour market students need to develop their 'personal capital'. Participation in a range of relevant extracurricular activities (ECAs) is a key element to the development of personal capital. This paper carried out in-depth interviews with undergraduates in the first and final years of their studies in order to understand the factors influencing their level of participation in ECAs. The research found that participation in ECAs was generally limited (with little change occurring during the three years of their degree), particularly in relation to year-long work placements, volunteering and sporting and cultural activities. Students often engaged in part-time working, but this was for financial reasons, with few students regarding part-time working as a way of developing their employability. The students underlying values, especially their present-time orientation, and the desire to enjoy a particular student life-style, acted as barriers to engaging in the type of ECAs that would help them to develop their personal capital. This paper suggests that higher education institutions may be able to motivate students to participate in ECAs by encouraging them to be future-orientated, less risk averse and willing to adopt a more strategic (i.e. 'player') approach to developing their personal capital. The paper proposes that this can be achieved by encouraging students to write about their future possible selves and asking them to undertake research into the different career options open to them.

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“…Extra-curricular activities to improve interpersonal competences have repeatedly been found to be successful, but require long-term and comprehensive efforts which higher education institutions are not always willing to finance (e.g., Lopes, Gerolamo, Del Prette, Musetti, & Del Prette, 2015). Sometimes, institutions have offered well-designed interpersonal competence courses for students of all study programs, but were faced with the problem that students did not take up the offer of these courses (Roulin & Bangerter, 2013).With these and similar problems in the field of interpersonal competences in higher education, it is necessary to take a closer look at the construct and related scientific principles in measurement and development.…”

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Interpersonal Competence Development of University Students -Exploring a Social Problem-Solving Measurement Approach

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Ortner²

2017

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Students’ use of extra-curricular activities for positional advantage in competitive job markets

Cited by 93 publications

References 40 publications

Graduate views on access to higher education: is it really a case of pulling up the ladder?

Graduate views on access to higher education: is it really a case of pulling up the ladder?

Competing in the graduate labour market: Student perspectives on (not) participating in extra-curricular activities

Interpersonal Competence Development of University Students -Exploring a Social Problem-Solving Measurement Approach

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