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de Vries, Robert – Sutton Trust, 2014
Despite increasing numbers of young people going on to higher education, a university degree still confers a substantial advantage in the labour market. However, not all degrees are created equal. This report examines how graduate career outcomes differ depending on the subject they studied and the university they attended. Key findings include:…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Graduates, Employment Potential, Academic Degrees
Tesfaye, Casey Langer; Mulvey, Patrick – Statistical Research Center of the American Institute of Physics, 2012
Each fall the Statistical Research Center conducts its Survey of Enrollments and Degrees, which asks all degree-granting physics and astronomy departments in the U.S. to provide information concerning the numbers of students they have enrolled and counts of recent degree recipients. In connection with this survey, the authors ask for the names and…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Employment, STEM Education, Salaries
Oregon University System, 2007
In 1996, the Oregon University System (OUS) conducted the first systemwide survey of recent (1994-95) bachelor's degree recipients. Changes in Oregon's economy in the preceding decade led to concerns about the preparedness of college graduates as they entered the work force. The purpose of this study is to assess an OUS college experience from the…
Descriptors: Income, College Graduates, Educational Quality, Labor Market
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1997
Attaining a bachelor's degree is one measure of the skills learned through college attendance, but in recent years, concern about the difficulties encountered by recent graduates in making the transition from college to work has grown. Data gathered by the National Center for Education Statistics for April 1994 showed the following: (1) two-thirds…
Descriptors: College Graduates, College Outcomes Assessment, Education Work Relationship, Employment Level
National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Leabrook (Australia). – 2002
The question of whether graduates of Australia's technical and further education (TAFE) programs are getting what they want from training was examined. A market segmentation approach was used to analyze data from the 2001 Student Outcomes Survey (SOS). The market segments analyzed covered 93% of TAFE graduates surveyed in the 2001 SOS. The…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Career Change, Definitions, Education Work Relationship
National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Leabrook (Australia). – 2000
The 2000 Student Outcomes Survey was a national survey of students who undertook vocational education and training (VET) during 1999 at a technical and further education (TAFE) institute in Australia. Questionnaires mailed to stratified, randomly selected samples of graduates and module completers yielded national response levels of 55.8% and…
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Programs, Comparative Analysis, Education Work Relationship