In Colombia and Latin America, barely one half of students who are admitted to higher education actually completes their studies and obtains a college degree within a six-year period. Such incommensurable attrition poses huge social and economic costs, given the inverse relationship between...

The current international socioeconomic context has been emphasising the need of a new set of individual competencies in order to succeed in the professional world. A new concept of employability has also emerged, with a person-centred approach, which reflects the need to deal effectively with...

In recent years youth unemployment has increased very quickly and intensely namely regarding the higher education qualified, in Portugal. This outward movement is so strong that it can be viewed as a true brain drain. This paper aims to quantify the variables under consideration – unemployment...