University-Employer Cooperation

Erol Šehu, Dana Dobrić

Faculty of Law, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Republic of Croatia.

DOI: 10.4236/blr.2014.54026                

Abstract

University-employer cooperation is one of the most important forms of cooperation in the economy, needed for economic development and sustainable growth and has become a key emphasis in higher education policy in recent years. The main goal is to achieve an equal partnership between universities and employers aimed at strengthening of economic development at the national, regional and local level. This goal can be achieved through active support (in information and knowledge) of local businesses and entrepreneurship in developing and realization of their ideas, and by linking students with their future employers, through various employer-seeking students associations and employers associations. Authors will analyze the university-employer cooperation in Poland, United Kingdom and Croatia and try to give an answer if the current cooperation is satisfying, and if is not, how it can be enhanced.

Keywords

University, Employers, Students, University-Employer Partnership, Law, Economics, Higher Education

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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