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Laureati “puri” di primo livello: l’occupazione in molti casi c’è
No full textL’articolazione dei titoli universitari su due livelli (seguiti da un terzo, il Dottorato, con caratteristiche in parte diverse) è stata decisa nel 1999 nell’ambito del “Processo di Bologna” (dal nome del luogo in cui l’intesa tra i paesi europei è stata siglata); in Italia essi sono denominati, rispettivamente, Laurea (L, con percorso triennale) e Laurea Magistrale, LM (in una prima fase detta Laurea Specialistica).
La situazione occupazionale dei laureati di primo livello (L) è un argomento su cui si sono sviluppate, e sono tuttora presenti, numerose polemiche. Più della metà dei laureati L proseguono gli studi nella LM, e molti attribuiscono ciò anche alla scarsa spendibilità di L; l’opinione pubblica, non di rado, è stata addirittura indotta a pensare che riferendosi ai laureati di primo livello non si possa parlare di occupazione se non in casi molto particolari (professioni sanitarie).
In realtà non è così; l’analisi che qui presentiamo in sintesi mostra una situazione nettamente diversa. AlmaLaurea e STELLA sono state le nostre fonti statistiche di riferimento. Laddove è stato possibile si è proceduto a sommare i dati rilevati dai due enti, che insieme operano su una popolazione pari a oltre il 70% dei laureati italiani di primo livello del 2009. Nei casi in cui ciò non è stato possibile, gli approfondimenti sono stati effettuati utilizzando i soli dati AlmaLaurea, che comunque contribuiscono a costruire un quadro piuttosto esaustivo della situazione italiana
Employability and competencies of Bachelors in Italy
No full textSince 60% of Italian Bachelor graduates enroll immediately in a Master programme, the
public often assumes that this is a consequence of very limited employment opportunities for
these graduates. We show that this is contradicted by existing data on the employment rate of
graduates that show a small difference in the employment rates of Bachelor and Master
graduates. Bachelors who only looked for a job right after graduation have a high rate of
employment, while many of those who enrolled in a Master programme are also working.
However, employers often remark that university graduates are well prepared in their
disciplines, but lack general competences. By analyzing the responses to a questionnaire sent to
heads of university programmes, we investigated the general competences indicated as learning
outcomes in the curricula offered by Italian universities. We present here some of our results
Employment of university graduates in Italy and competence matching
No full textEmployment rate of graduates in Italy is examined. Rate for Bachelors is lower than for
Master graduates, but the difference is small. As 60% Bachelor graduates enrol immediately in a
Master programme, many of them being at the same time at work, we looked separately at
Bachelors not enrolled in a Master programme. It turns out that in this case the employment rate
is quite high. However, employers often remark that university graduates (with Bachelor as well
as with Master degree) are well prepared in their disciplines, but lack general competences. By
analysing the responses to a questionnaire sent to heads of university programmes, we
investigated the general competences indicated as learning outcomes in the curricula offered by
Italian universities. Some of the results are presented
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
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