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Figures & data
Figure 1. Reasons for current students and alumni to pursue a degree abroad.
Figure 2. Employers’ rating of top 10 essential skills.
Table 1. Employers’ ranking of WEF 21st century competencies and character qualities
Table 2. Spearman’s rho correlations among essential employability skills (n = 34)
Table 3. Employers’ top ten essential skills for employability and how they were rated by alumni, current students and teachers
Table 4. Ten skills least often ranked as essential for employability according to Chinese employers mapped to the ranking by alumni, current students and teachers
Table 5. Spearman’s rho correlations among skills gained from study abroad (N = 34)
Figure 3. Employers’ top ten skills that returnees are stronger in than home students.
Table 6. Spearman’s rho correlations between what makes employable and skills gained from study abroad (N = 34)
Table 7. Employers’ top ten essential employability skills mapped to what is gained through study abroad
Table 8. Employers’ rating of top ten skills gained from study abroad relative to value for employability
Table 9. Top 10 skills for employability according to current students mapped to skills gained
Table 10. Top 10 skills gained by study abroad according to current students mapped to employability
Figure 4. Information channels used by respondents for careers information.
