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V. Foreign Higher Education and Education Systems, International Relations, Bilateral Relations
B. Essays, Commentaries, Statements
Author ETA. ELIZABETH AGBOR
Title Enhancing Graduate Employability in Cameroonian Universities : through Professionalization in the Context of the ‘Licence–Master–Doctorat’ Reform / Elizabeth Agbor Eta
Publication year 2018
Source/Footnote In: Higher education policy. - 31 (2018) 3, S. 309 - 332
Inventory number 47595
Keywords Bologna-Prozess ; Ausland : Kamerun : Hochschulwesen allgemein
Abstract The adoption of Bologna Process ideas through the ‘licence–master–doctorat’ system has set in motion reforms in the Cameroon higher education (HE), including the issue of graduate employability. Based on text documents and interviews, this article examines the employability agenda with a focus on its conceptualization, its operational strategies, and its consequences for universities in Cameroon. The findings show that graduate employability is enhanced in Cameroonian universities through a combination of strategies under the catchword ‘professionalization’ — that is, preparing students with skills and competences for specific professions. Conceptualizing professionalization, this article shows that the adoption of BP ideas did not bring in completely new elements in the employability agenda; it merely inspired local reforms and solutions which led to the reinforcement and diversification of the existing professionalization agenda that has been one of the missions of HE in Cameroon. This article focuses on the creation of professional degree programmes as an operational strategy for enhancing graduate employability. As a consequence of the conceptualization and operationalization strategies adopted, we identified mismatches between policy objectives and policy outcomes. (HRK / Abstract übernommen)