Connecting higher education to workplace activities and earnings

Higher education is a source of skill acquisition for many middle- and high-skilled jobs. But what specific skills do universities impart on students to prepare them for desirable careers? In this study, we analyze a large novel corpora of over one million syllabi from over eight hundred bachelors&#...

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Published in:PloS one 2023-01, Vol.18 (3), p.e0282323
Main Authors: Hung Chau, Sarah H Bana, Baptiste Bouvier, Morgan R Frank
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