Evolutionary Models for the Interaction of the Higher Education Labor Force and Higher Education Market

Authors

  • Mark S. Borres University of San Jose-Recoletos
  • Felix M. Diano Jr. University of the Visayas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32871/rmrj1503.01.09

Keywords:

HEIs, Higher education graduates, global labor market, market configuration, Evolution

Abstract

The higher education market portends to be a huge market in the future that traditional systems of delivery of services will be insufficient. This paper proposes a model that links two (2) global markets: the higher education market and the labor market, as dramatic changes are taking place in the 21st century. A modeling and simulation strategy has been employed in this paper predicting the impact of higher education market to the labor market. Results indicated that with the rapid expansion of the Higher Education(HE) market, the size of the higher education labor force will inevitably expand.The labor market tolerates a maximum expansion capacity for HE graduates beyond which the excess HE graduates will bifurcate into two (2) channels of productive sector, namely: (a) the creation of new economies or (b) the integration of HE graduates into the skilled labor force. This dynamics necessarily yields a highly fragmented labor force configuration. In essence, the evolution of the labor market is a replica of Darwin’s Biological Theory of Evolution where only the fittest will survive, i.e. evolution through mutation and adaptation whose equivalent concepts in this setting are “innovation†and “adaptation†respectively. It is well-established in Evolutionary Biology that “mutation†is the shortest-route to evolution and so we posit that “innovation†is the shortest route to the labor market evolutionary ladder.Therefore, a good university must be able to produce graduates who are innovative and adaptive at the same time to survive in a competitive labor market.

Author Biographies

Mark S. Borres, University of San Jose-Recoletos

graduated Bachelor of Science in Mathematics–major in Pure Mathematics at the University of the Philippines, Cebu College. Since 2009, he worked for the University of San Jose- Recoletos as a faculty member of the College of Arts and Sciences and handled Mathematics subjects such as College Algebra, Advanced Algebra, Abstract Algebra, Analytical Geometry, Euclidean geometry, Trigonometry, Business Mathematics, Linear Programming, Mathematics of Investment, Discrete Structure, and Statistics across colleges.

Felix M. Diano Jr., University of the Visayas

is a full time College Research Coordinator and a part-time Mathematics Instructor in theUniversity of the Visayas.
He graduated his Bachelor of Secondary Education major in Mathematics (Magna Cum laude) in the University of the Visayas. He is a candidate of Master of Arts in Education with concentration in Mathematics. He is a certified TESDA trainer (TMC 1 Holder).
He received various awards in Research, Mathematics and Leadership. To name a few, he is one of the authors of the study “Evolutionary Models for the Interaction of the Higher Education Labor Force and Higher Education Market†that was recognized as “Best Research Paper†in the National Research Conference in Leyte Normal University. He received a “Certificate of Merit†given by the RAFI-Eduardo Aboitiz Development Studies Center.
Mr. Diano also serves as an adviser of the undergraduate thesis. He also gives lectures on Basic Research Methods, Mathematics, and Assessment of Student Learning.

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Published

2015-06-30

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Borres, M. S., & Diano Jr., F. M. (2015). Evolutionary Models for the Interaction of the Higher Education Labor Force and Higher Education Market. Recoletos Multidisciplinary Research Journal, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.32871/rmrj1503.01.09

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Vol. 3 No. 1 (2015)

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