Enhancing post-graduate programme effectiveness through tracer studies: the reflective accounts of a Ghanaian nation-wide graduate tracer study research team

Nudzor, Hope Pius; Ansah, Francis

doi:10.1080/13538322.2020.1763034

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“…activities. Tracer study is an approach that allows higher education institutions to obtain information about deficiencies that may occur in the educational process and learning process and can be the basis for planning activities for future improvements, as analyzing data from tracer studies is essential for policy-making and improving learning (Nudzor & Ansah, 2020;Romadlon & Arifin, 2021).…”

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Graduate income and profession linkage: Tracer study of public relations graduates

Lukman

Rizal

Tiara

2023

PRH

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Background: Higher educational institutions must prepare graduates for careers by monitoring their performance. They must also evaluate academic relevancy to practical needs. The PR program at Universitas Padjadjaran strives to deliver the best education and monitor graduates’ performance. Purpose: This paper aims to study how graduates’ first income is associated with GPA, study duration, and job wait time. This study also linked public relations education with graduates’ current position in their work based on their self-assessment. Methods: Using tracer study data from the Career and Development Centre of Universitas Padjadjaran, exploratory data analysis was done to examine the characteristics of graduates based on the observed variables. The bivariate analysis investigated the association between income, GPA, study duration, and job wait time. Conclusion: Findings of this study show no statistical evidence of the relationship between first salary, GPA, and duration of the study. Exploratory data analysis shows that PR program graduates perform well when comparing the average income of undergraduates on a national level. Graduates’ self-assessment of study relevancy indicated that most graduates possess the relevant educational background and appropriate level of education for their current occupational position. As the statistical testing for this study was conducted post hoc, careful considerations need to be taken when taking the results at face value, considering potential flaws in the sampling frame and the power of the tests. Implications: The findings in this study would serve as a platform for future references on graduates or tracer study, more specifically public relations graduates, as it provides a starting point for measuring graduates’ performances. As the database provides more data with more graduates in future years, an updated finding of this particular study would be very important to measure how well graduates fare post-graduation.

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“…As tracking graduates presents challenges in establishing contact, several higher degree institutions widely adopt an online method, utilizing a dedicated IT infrastructure (Dewi et al, 2020;Harianto et al, 2019;Nudzor & Ansah, 2020;Romadlon & Arifin, 2021). Unpad also adopts this system, using an online platform go.id/).…”

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Graduate income and profession linkage: Tracer study of public relations graduates

Lukman

Rizal

Tiara

2023

PRH

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“…Graduate competence, work experience, and knowledge of the world of work are considered ideal within 1-3 years. Feedback for this college comes from the experience and competence of alumni in the world of work [6]. The results of input from students in the form of conditions, experiences, and motivations will determine the direction of education policy in higher education.…”

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Tracer Study Analysis in Cosmetology Study Program Depending on Graduate Users' Demands

Megasari¹,

Kusstianti²,

Dwiyanti³

et al. 2022

Proceedings of the 2nd International Joint Conference on Hospitality and Tourism, IJCHT 2022, 6-7 October 2022, Singaraja, Bali

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The objectives of the study were to determine: (1) cosmetology alumni readiness; (2) Receiving Graduates of Cosmetology; (3) the relevance of the study program to the needs of the job market and the responses of alumni users. This research is descriptive qualitative using a survey method. The analysis is carried out with percentages and uses 3 stages: data reduction, data presentation and conclusion drawing. The results of the study, namely tracing through the tracer study instrument, provide an overview of the average GPA of graduates of 78% or between 2.75-3.50, and there are 22% cum laude or 3.50-4.00. The study period for the alumni of the cosmetology study program is reasonably fast. With a study period of 3.5 years, 13% and 68% of alumni complete their studies in a timely manner, which is 4 years. Similarly, the waiting period to get the first job is very fast, at most 5 months with a percentage of 78,36%. The most occupations occupied by alumni teachers with 67% data. A user suggests that alumni's competence in foreign languages, especially English, be increased, skills or self-development skills, and mastery of technology need to be further developed.

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“…Tracer study is a study of tracing the traces of graduates or alumni carried out to alumni after graduation [1,2]. Tracer study aims to determine educational outcomes in the form of transition from higher education to the world of work [3,4], educational outputs namely self-assessment of mastery and acquisition of competence, educational process in the form of evaluation of the learning process and contribution of higher education to competency acquisition and educational input in the form of further excavation of the graduate's sociobiographical information [5,6,7]. Currently in Indonesia, the number of open unemployment according to data from the 2016 Indonesian Manpower Statistics is 7,024,172 people and 13.4% of them are educated unemployed (graduates of Diploma and S1 programs) (http://www.bps.go.id) .…”

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Web-Based Abulyatama Alumni Information System

Ardiansyah¹

2021

ijecs

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Tracer study is a study of tracer traces of graduates or alumni carried out to alumni after graduation. The obstacle faced by STMIK Abulyatama in conducting a tracer study is at the time of data collection, currently collecting data manually by distributing questionnaires and telephone interviews with alumni and companies. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a complete E-Tracer study service, which can provide information for higher education institutions for the benefit of curriculum improvements, trace alumni in detail and determine user satisfaction of college graduates. The research objectives are; (1) To find out the alumni information system using a web-based programming language, (2) Designing an alumni management information system using Data Flow Diagrams (DAD) and programming languages such as HTML, CSS, JQuery, JSON, PHP and MySQL as databases, and (3) To improve the existing system to be even better, by building an information system that can improve performance on alumni data collection at Abulyatama University. The stages in the research consist of; literature study, data collection, systems analysis, system development, and report generation. Based on the results of the alumni information system analysis, it can be seen that until now it is still done manually. The author can conclude several things, namely; (1) With a Web-Based Alumni Information System, it is hoped that it will make work easier and accurate and more time-efficient information can be obtained, (2) The use of a manual system has limitations in the data search process, because the data is still stored in archive form, ( 3) Difficulty in updating the latest data for publication to the public, and (4) With this application, it is expected to simplify and speed up the administrative process at Abulyatama University.

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Enhancing post-graduate programme effectiveness through tracer studies: the reflective accounts of a Ghanaian nation-wide graduate tracer study research team

Cited by 11 publications

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Graduate income and profession linkage: Tracer study of public relations graduates

Graduate income and profession linkage: Tracer study of public relations graduates

Tracer Study Analysis in Cosmetology Study Program Depending on Graduate Users' Demands

Web-Based Abulyatama Alumni Information System

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