<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Changes in the socio-economic environment of universities require its tasks and social roles to be constantly reviewed and redefined. The present paper attempts to assess universities’ responsibility for the outcomes of educational process. The outcomes are measured on the basis of graduates’ preparedness for undertaking professional work. The paper’s aim was to indicate the main discrepancies between employers’ expectations regarding graduates’ occupational training and the level of competences acquired by graduates in the course of their studies. A premise was made that the comparison of the views presented by the main stakeholders will enable the level on which the individual competences match the needs of labor market to be determined, and the strengths and weaknesses of university curricula to be indicated. The analysis encompassed both hard occupational skills, which are subordinated to the content-related educational profile, and key soft competences.</p></abstract>

Changes in the socio-economic environment of universities require its tasks and social roles to be constantly reviewed and redefined. The present paper attempts to assess universities’ responsibility for the outcomes of educational process. The outcomes are measured on the basis of graduates’ preparedness for undertaking professional work. The paper’s aim was to indicate the main discrepancies between employers’ expectations regarding graduates’ occupational training and the level of competences acquired by graduates in the course of their studies. A premise was made that the comparison of the views presented by the main stakeholders will enable the level on which the individual competences match the needs of labor market to be determined, and the strengths and weaknesses of university curricula to be indicated. The analysis encompassed both hard occupational skills, which are subordinated to the content-related educational profile, and key soft competences.

University’s Social Responsibility – Labor Market Perspective

Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw

Faculty of Tourism and Health at AWF Warsaw External Faculty in Biala Podlaska, Management and Marketing Unit

Faculty of Physical Education and Sport at AWF Warsaw External Faculty in Biala Podlaska, Human Biological Development Unit

Folia Oeconomica Stetinensia

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Changes in the socio-economic environment of universities require its tasks and social roles to be constantly reviewed and redefined. The present paper...

University’s Social Responsibility – Labor Market Perspective

Publicado en línea: 31 dic 2018

Páginas: 46 - 58

Recibido: 09 ene 2018

Aceptado: 06 nov 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/foli-2018-0018

Palabras clave
university, university social responsibility, graduates, key competences

© 2018 Krystyna Buchta et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

University’s Social Responsibility – Labor Market Perspective

Publicado en línea: 31 dic 2018

Páginas: 46 - 58

Recibido: 09 ene 2018

Aceptado: 06 nov 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/foli-2018-0018

Palabras claveuniversity, university social responsibility, graduates, key competences

© 2018 Krystyna Buchta et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Palabras clave
university, university social responsibility, graduates, key competences