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Towards a market oriented approach: employer requirements and implications for undergraduate economics programs.

From: Economic Papers - Economic Society of Australia  |  Date: 9/1/2004  |  Author: Carr, Rodney; Hellier, Phillip; Keneley, Monica; Lynch, Barbara

The decline in enrolments in economics degrees and majors has been the focus of much concern in recent times. In 2001, two of the current researchers published a paper outlining a framework with which future investigation into the issue could be conducted (Keneley and Hellier 2001). Essentially this paper argued that a market orientated approach, which takes into account the value students and employers place on economics studies may point the way to a solution to the problem. As a ...

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