Towards a National Graduate Destinations Survey in Kenya. An Exploratory Study of Three Universities.

Autor/inn/en	Mccowan, Tristan; Oanda, Ibrahim; Oketch, Moses O.
Titel	Towards a National Graduate Destinations Survey in Kenya. An Exploratory Study of Three Universities.
Quelle	In: Higher education policy, 31 (2018) 1, S. 97-119Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0952-8733; 1740-3863
DOI	10.1057/s41307-017-0044-x
Schlagwörter	Kenia; Student; Studium; Ausland; Hochschule; Lehre; Lehre; Studium; Hochschule; Student; Ausland; Kenia
Abstract	While concerns about graduate unemployment and the work-readiness of graduates in Sub-Saharan Africa abound, there is a severe lack of institutional data and academic research on graduate destinations on which to base policy changes. This article presents findings from an exploratory study of three major higher education institutions in Kenya. An online survey was conducted with recent graduates in a range of disciplinary areas, aiming to determine, first, what employment activities they were engaged in, and second, what associations there might be between those activities, the graduates' background characteristics, and their experiences at university. Findings suggest that proportions of absolute unemployment are lower than expected, but that many graduates are transiting between provisional or part-time employment and internships, and have not yet obtained the graduate level jobs aspired to. Finally, implications are drawn out for potential national-level graduate destination surveys in Kenya and elsewhere in Sub-Saharan Africa.(HRK / Abstract übernommen).
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Update	2018/4