Recently, there have been several articles published about the troubling prediction that we are to be the first generation that is more likely to be poorer than our parents.
We've noticed that the demands of the market in Israel are professionally oriented and suffer from the lack of manpower in technical fields. This demand however isn't fully met, as most of the institutions of higher education are rather academically and not professionally oriented. Furthermore, academic studies, as opposed to professional ones, have a higher reputation and are thus further endorsed in todays' society. Consequentially, a cycle is created in which the majority of the Israeli youth turns to the gratified academic, rather than professional educational track, while the market is overflowing with graduates that are struggling to find a job in their fields. This in turn, results with enforced professional compromises and overwhelming discontent, while the market is still dangerously lacking professionals in other previously mentioned fields. Therefore, we are interested in examining an alternative scheme for the higher education system, which would offer a directing hand to prospective students in the fields that are of the highest demand in the market. That way, we are hoping to regulate the increasing social-economic gaps, the spiking unemployment rates and to reconcile between market demands and educational supply.
We've noticed that the demands of the market in Israel are professionally oriented and suffer from the lack of manpower in technical fields. This demand however isn't fully met, as most of the institutions of higher education are rather academically and not professionally oriented. Furthermore, academic studies, as opposed to professional ones, have a higher reputation and are thus further endorsed in todays' society. Consequentially, a cycle is created in which the majority of the Israeli youth turns to the gratified academic, rather than professional educational track, while the market is overflowing with graduates that are struggling to find a job in their fields. This in turn, results with enforced professional compromises and overwhelming discontent, while the market is still dangerously lacking professionals in other previously mentioned fields. Therefore, we are interested in examining an alternative scheme for the higher education system, which would offer a directing hand to prospective students in the fields that are of the highest demand in the market. That way, we are hoping to regulate the increasing social-economic gaps, the spiking unemployment rates and to reconcile between market demands and educational supply.