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Critique to pro-cyclical admission in maritime higher education.

Acomi, Ovidiu; Acomi, Nicoleta

Authors

Ovidiu Acomi

Nicoleta Acomi



Contributors

Antonio Sandu
Editor

Tomita Ciulei
Editor

Ana Frunza
Editor

Abstract

The paper represents a critical analysis of the options ahead of maritime universities in terms of number of students admitted, particularly in periods of industry downturns. The study refers to the global maritime industry and analyses the patterns of the industry cycle. These patterns are characterised in macroeconomic terms by peaks, troughs and secular long term trends. The current maritime industry faces chronic global trade imbalances in the context of slow global economic. The secular trend has flattened and the industry is clearly in the downturn. These patterns envisage both cyclical and structural unemployment components. This paper addresses the maritime universities' options associated with cyclical unemployment of maritime graduates. These options include pro-cyclical, counter- cyclical or level capacity approaches in the students' admission capacity planning, depicted by the duration of studies and the offset between admission and graduation. The analysis overlays the graduate studies and industry cycles and proposes to evaluate the different scenarios based on industry outlook and to determine the optimum admission policy solution.

Citation

ACOMI, O. and ACOMI, N. 2016. Critique to pro-cyclical admission in maritime higher education. European proceedings of the social and behavioural sciences: proceedings of 15th World lumen congress (WLC 2016), 12-17 April 2016, Lasi, Romania [online], 15, pages 16-20. Available from: https://doi.org/10.15405/ejpsbs.2016.09.3

Journal Article Type Conference Paper
Conference Name 15th World lumen congress (WLC 2016)
Conference Location Lasi, Romania
Start Date Apr 12, 2016
End Date Apr 17, 2016
Acceptance Date Apr 12, 2016
Online Publication Date Apr 17, 2016
Publication Date Oct 4, 2016
Deposit Date Jan 30, 2017
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal European proceedings of the social and behavioural sciences
Electronic ISSN 2357-1330
Publisher Future Academy
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 15
Pages 16-20
Series ISSN 2357-1330
DOI https://doi.org/10.15405/epsbs.2016.09.3
Keywords Maritime; Graduate; Admission; Industry; Cyclical; Unemployment
Public URL http://hdl.handle.net/10059/2134

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