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Simon Field 17 January 2013 Brussels

Quality in vocational education and training: virtuous circles and risk OECD reviews of vocational education and training. Simon Field 17 January 2013 Brussels. www.oecd.org/education/VET. Quality and vicious circles. Unattractive to students Adverse selection. Low interest By employers.

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Simon Field 17 January 2013 Brussels

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  1. Quality in vocational education and training: virtuous circles and riskOECD reviews of vocational education and training Simon Field 17 January 2013 Brussels www.oecd.org/education/VET

  2. Quality and vicious circles

  3. Unattractive to students Adverse selection Low interest By employers Low status Poor quality Poor employment returns Poor quality and the vicious circle

  4. Quality in Korean postsecondary VET • Vicious circle: junior college programmes have quality challenges, command little employer interest, have low status, minimal wage returns and are subject to adverse selection. OECD has offered a package of systemic recommendations • Strengthened quality assurance and assessment • Institutions to engage employers • Better career information and guidance • Mandatory workplace training

  5. Quality and risk

  6. Students deterred by risk Some employers unwilling to take risk Reduced status Risk of poor quality Lesser employment returns Risk and the vicious circle

  7. Quality and risk: the US experience • Constrained state support for postsecondary institutions (community colleges and universities) • Rapid growth in private sector providers of postsecondary vocational programmes • Rapid growth in student loans (particularly federal government student loans)

  8. Quality and risk as reflected in student loans Global financial crisis originated in US mortgage default

  9. Attractive to students Positive selection High interest by employers High status Consistent good quality Good employment returns Consistent high quality and the virtuous circle

  10. The virtuous circle: steps to a better system

  11. Thank you! The OECD VET team Simon Field Viktoria Kis Malgorzata Kuczera Pauline Musset Jose-Luis Alvarez Galvan www.oecd.org/education/VET

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