Enhancing Post-Graduate Programme Effectiveness through Tracer Studies: The Reflective Accounts of a Ghanaian Nation-Wide Graduate Tracer Study Research Team

Autor/inn/en	Nudzor, Hope Pius; Ansah, Francis
Titel	Enhancing Post-Graduate Programme Effectiveness through Tracer Studies: The Reflective Accounts of a Ghanaian Nation-Wide Graduate Tracer Study Research Team
Quelle	In: Quality in Higher Education, 26 (2020) 2, S.192-208 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Nudzor, Hope Pius)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1353-8322
DOI	10.1080/13538322.2020.1763034
Schlagwörter	Program Effectiveness; Higher Education; Foreign Countries; Alumni; College Graduates; Employment Potential; Vocational Followup; Graduate Surveys; Reflection; Public Colleges; Departments; Employer Attitudes; 21st Century Skills; Relevance (Education); Participant Characteristics; Graduate Study; Data Collection; Research Problems; Ghana + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Ausland; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Department; Abteilung; Arbeitgeberinteresse; Relevance; Relevanz; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Data capture; Datensammlung; Forschungskritik
Abstract	Graduate tracer studies have come to represent one of the key approaches for enhancing study programme effectiveness in contemporary higher education. This has led to a surge in graduate tracer studies by Ghanaian higher education institutions. However, reflective practices on challenges and lessons from these studies are lacking. Through focus-group discussions and individual interviews with members of a research team that undertook a nation-wide data collection in connection with a graduate tracer study, this article distils challenges the research team struggled to surmount and lessons learnt for the conduct of future graduate tracer studies within the context of Ghana. Against the backdrop of the insights generated and discussed, it is concluded that reflective research exercises, such as the one reported in this article, are a scholarly imperative for continuous improvement in the conduct of graduate tracer studies, which is rarely undertaken in the Ghanaian higher education context. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01