Higher education reforms and graduate unemployment in the Republic of Macedonia
Higher education reforms and graduate unemployment in the Republic of Macedonia

Summary/Abstract: The paper addresses the graduate unemployment changes in the Republic of Macedonia in the context of the profound reform activities in the higher education. The reforms in the tertiary education and the inflow of the graduate students, the scope and main characteristics of the graduate unemployment in the country, as well as its consequences and implications of the manifested changes are elaborated. Since 2006, the enrolment rates noted significant rise and resulted in almost doubled inflow of graduated students. These trends were accompanied by increase in the graduate unemployment rates, amounting about 22.7% in 2010. Consequences and implications of such changes are numerous and are manifested in many domains, including the brain drain increase. The importance of the policy initiatives in the higher education, in terms of employability skills development, career management learning, entrepreneurship and innovation as well as macro policy options for promoting economic growth with jobs are identified as an essential precondition for decrease of the graduate unemployment in the country.

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