Five Years after Graduation: A Follow-Up Study of 1988-89 Graduates/Certificate Holders.

Autor/in	Adams, Judith
Institution	Macomb Community Coll., Warren, MI. Dept. of Research and Evaluation.
Titel	Five Years after Graduation: A Follow-Up Study of 1988-89 Graduates/Certificate Holders.
Quelle	(1993), (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	College Transfer Students; Community Colleges; Education Work Relationship; Followup Studies; Graduate Surveys; Outcomes of Education; Participant Satisfaction; Salaries; Student Attitudes; Student Characteristics; Two Year College Students; Two Year Colleges + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulwechsel; Schulwechsel; Studienortwechsel; Community college; Community College; Follow-up studies; Kontaktstudium; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Entlohnung; Gehalt; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	As part of a program of graduate follow-up studies, Macomb Community College (MCC), in Michigan, regularly conducts surveys of graduates or certificate earners 1, 3, and 5 years after their departure from the college. In September 1993, surveys were sent to 2,633 alumni from the class of 1988-89 requesting information on graduate characteristics, current employment/educational status, salary information, and perceptions of MCC. Study findings, based on responses from 994 former students, included the following: (1) respondents were 95.1% white and 59.5% female; (2) 42.7% of the respondents indicated that their primary reason for attending MCC had been to prepare for a job, while 36.5% indicated that they had attended to earn credit for transfer; (3) 84% of respondents were employed, 8.4% were unemployed, and 5.9% were full-time students; (4) of the employed respondents, 63.3% indicated that their job was directly related to their education at MCC and most rated themselves as satisfied or very satisfied with their work; (5) the median monthly salary reported by employed graduates was between $2,000 and $2,499; (6) for respondents continuing their education, the most common transfer programs were business/business administration, accounting, engineering, and management; (7) 28% of all the respondents had earned Bachelor's or Master's Degrees; and (8) 95% of the respondents indicated that they would recommend the courses they completed at MCC to others. The survey instrument is appended. (KP)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC