Overview
UNESCO: Graduate Employability in Asia. Bangkok: UNESCO 2012.
[http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002157/215706e.pdf]
UNESCO: School-to-Work Transition Information Bases. Asia-Pacific Education System. Review Series No. 6. UNESCO Bangkok: UNESCO 2012.
[http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002166/216661e.pdf]
Australia
Regular tracer studies
Australian Graduate Survey
http://www.graduatecareers.com.au/research/surveys/australiangraduatesurvey/
Beyond Graduation Survey
ttp://www.graduatecareers.com.au/research/surveys/beyondgraduationsurvey/
Armenia - VET
European Training Foundation & Caucasus Research Resource Centers Armenia: Tracer Study of Recent Graduates From Vocational Education Institutions in Kotayk and Ararat Marzes of Armenia, Turin: ETF 2012. [] {TS_armenia_etf_2012.pdf}
Manukyan, Samvel: Tracer Study. Involvement of 2010-2011 Preliminary and Middle Level of Vocational Education System Graduates in the Labor Market. Yerevan 2012. UNDP Vocational Education and Training (VET) in Armenia [www.vet.am].
Georgia - VET
VET Department Ministry of Education and Science: Labour market status of VET graduates in Georgia. Analysis of tracer studies. Labour Market Studies Series No. 2. Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia. Tbilisi 2015.
Download available: http://www.mes.gov.ge/uploads/tracer%20study_raport%20eng.pdf
European Training Foundation: Appendix: Tracer Study Training of the Capacity Building Report, 2013 (mimeo).
Fretwell, D., Tracer Survey of Graduate from Vocational Training Centers, Community Colleges, and College Level Diploma Programs at Higher Education Institutions, 2012 (non-published).
Indonesia - HE
Universitas Brawijaya (UB, Malang)
S.P. Sakti; D. Suprayogo; L. Djakfar; H. Soetanto and B. Suharto: Factors influencing job career of Brawijaya University alumni : a perception of alumni survey. Presentation at the International Conference "Experiences with Link and Match in Higher Education. Results of Tracer Studies Worldwide (EXLIMA)". Bali, Indonesia, October 22 - 23 2012. (download)
Web site: http://tracerstudy.ub.ac.id
Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM, Yogjakarta)
Bhina Patria: How Graduate Survey Help Curriculum Research. Presentation at the International Conference "Experiences with Link and Match in Higher Education. Results of Tracer Studies Worldwide (EXLIMA)". Bali, Indonesia, October 22 - 23 2012. (download)
University of Indonesia (UI, Jakarta)
Regular institutional tracer studies since 2010
Syafiq, Ahmad and Fikawati, Sandra: Progress and Development of Tracer Study in Indonesia. Case Study University of Indonesia Tracer Study 2008-2009. Jakarta: UI-Press 2012.
Syafiq A and Fikawati S. 2013. Tracer Study University of Indonesia 2010-2012: Methodology, Management, Major Findings. Directorate for Alumni Relations UI. Depok.
Ahmad Syafiq and Sandra Fikawati: Comparison of Main Results of Tracer Study Universitas Indonesia 2010 And 2011. Presentation at the International Conference "Experiences with Link and Match in Higher Education. Results of Tracer Studies Worldwide (EXLIMA)". Bali, Indonesia, October 22 - 23 2012. (download)
Dina Chahyati and Ahmad Syafiq: Comparison of Work Transition Aspects of Male – Female Graduates of Faculty of Computer Science Universitas Indonesia. Presentation at the International Conference "Experiences with Link and Match in Higher Education. Results of Tracer Studies Worldwide (EXLIMA)". Bali, Indonesia, October 22 - 23 2012. (download)
Estivana Felaza, Rita Mustika, Marcellus Simadibrata: Survey on Soft Skills Performance of FMUI's Graduates During Internship Program: An Evaluation of FMUI's Curriculum. Presentation at the International Conference "Experiences with Link and Match in Higher Education. Results of Tracer Studies Worldwide (EXLIMA)". Bali, Indonesia, October 22 - 23 2012. (download)
Universitas Kristen Indonesia (UKI, Jakarta
Sitepu, Ied Veda Rimrosa: Competencies of Higher Education Graduates: A Case of Universitas Kristen Indonesia. Dissertation University of Kassel, Germany 2011 [http://d-nb.info/1037849906/34]
Ied Veda Sitepu: Do professional, semi-professional, and non-professional study program graduates have different levels of competencies? Presentation at the International Conference "Experiences with Link and Match in Higher Education. Results of Tracer Studies Worldwide (EXLIMA)". Bali, Indonesia, October 22 - 23 2012. (download)
University of Riau (UNRI, Riau)
Joko Samiaji and Arisman Adnan: Tracer Study at the University of Riau: First Comprehensive Attempt to Collect the Data from the Alumni. Presentation at the International Conference "Experiences with Link and Match in Higher Education. Results of Tracer Studies Worldwide (EXLIMA)". Bali, Indonesia, October 22 - 23 2012. (download)
Institute Technology of Bandung (ITB, Bandung)
Regular institutional tracer studies since 2009
Bambang Setia Budi 2014. Report Tracer Study ITB (Institute Technology of Bandung) 2014. https://karir.itb.ac.id/tracerstudy/report
INDOTRACE network
Web site Indonesia Tracer Study Network (Indotrace): http://www.indotrace.ui.ac.id/
Indonesia - VET
Implementation of tracer study systems in selected TVET institutions. GIZ project title "Sustainable economic development through technical and vocational education and training (SED-TVET)" http://www.giz.de/en/worldwide/16755.html
No published report available
Philippines - HE
Cañizares, M. J.F. 2015. Tracing University of San Carlos’ science and mathematics education graduates: How well are we in developing teacher professionals? International Journal of Research Studies in Education, Vol. 4 No. 2, pp.69-86. [http://www.consortiacademia.org/index.php/ijrse/article/viewFile/985/445
Cardona, R. S., and Andres, E. M. Jr. 2014. Employability of Mathematics Education Graduates (2008-2013) of A Teacher Education Institution (TEI) in the Philippines. Researchers World Journal of Arts, Science & Commerce Vol. 5, Issue 4. [http://www.researchersworld.com/vol5/issue4/Paper_15.pdf
Colarte, C.T. n.d. Tracer Study of Education Graduates Employed in Ozamiz City Division. [http://local.lsu.edu.ph/institutional_research_office/publications/vol.14no.2/1.html
Garin, Dominador S. and Beligan, Salvacion Z. 2012. Study and Work Transition of the Bachelor Graduates of the Benguet State University of the Philippines. Presentation at the International Conference "Experiences with Link and Match in Higher Education. Results of Tracer Studies Worldwide (EXLIMA 2012)". Bali, Indonesia, October 22 - 23 2012. (download)
Dotong, Conrado I. et.al. 2016. Tracer study of engineering graduates of one higher education institution in the Philippines for academic year 2009-2012. European Journal of Engineering and Technology, Vol. 4, No. 4, 2016 [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309041049_TRACER_STUDY_OF_ENGINEERING_GRADUATES_OF_ONE_HIGHER_EDUCATION_INSTITUTION_IN_THE_PHILIPPINES_FOR_ACADEMIC_YEAR_2009-2012]
Dumas, D. B. and Dumlao, J. B. 2011. Graduate Tracer Study of the Bachelor of Elementary Education, SY 2004-2009. [http://www.bpsu.edu.ph/home/index.php ?option=com_content&view=article&id=241:graduate-tracer-study-of-the-bachelor-of-elementary-education-sy-2004-2009&catid=69:completed-research-abstract-category&Itemid=263]
Hazaymeh, Edna Ney Macalisang and Dela Peña, Mark Krisli. A Tracer Study of La Salle University College of Engineering Graduates. College of Engineering and Architecture. La Salle University. Lasallian Research Forum, Vol. 18, 1, 52-68. [https://www.lsu.edu.ph/application/files/1114/7193/8568/Vol._18_No._1_-_A_Tracer_Study_of_La_Salle_UniversityCollege_of_Engineering_Graduates.pdf]
Garcia , Renante; Vergara, Janice & Lansang Jr., Capt. Januario 2016. Graduate Tracer Study of the Bachelor of Science in Marine Transportation at the Maritime Academy of Asia and the Pacific. Department of Academics, MAAP Academics Research Unit, Maritime Academy of Asia and the Pacific (MAAP), Issue 0 Rev. 0, 15 January 2016. [http://maap.edu.ph/research/1/MAAP-RESEARCH-JOURNAL-MAY-2017-VOLUME1-PAPERS.pdf]
Gines, A. C. 2014. Tracer Study of PNU Graduates. American International Journal of Contemporary Research, Vol. 4 No. 3. [http://www.aijcrnet.com/journals/Vol_4_No_3_ March_2014/10.pdf]
Loquias, R. T. 2015. Employability of the Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering Graduates of Camarines Sur Polytechnic Colleges. Asia Pacific Journal of Multidisciplinary Research Vol. 3 No. 4, 33-40 November 2015 Part II. [http://www.apjmr.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/APJMR-2015-3.4.2.05.pdfAsia Pacific Journal of Multidisciplinary Research, Vol. 3, No. 5, December 2015]
Orejana , Anne Jalandoni and Resurreccion, Pamela F. 2010. Tracer Study on the Graduates of the BSBA Program: An Input to Curricular Development. The Mindanao Forum Vol. 23, No. 1, 2010 [https://ejournals.ph/article.php?id=7051].
Torres, G.C. 2015. Tracer Study, 2015. A Basis for Continuing Professional Education (CPE) For BEED and BSED Graduates. San Pablo Colleges Research Journal, Vo. 6 No.1. [http://www.sanpablocolleges.edu.ph/researchpart/SPCRJ-VOL-6-NO-1-2015/TRACER%20STUDY%20SPCRJ%20FINAL%20REVISION.pdf]
Philippines - VET
Annual tracer studies; Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA): Impact Evaluation Study of TVET Programs 2008. Manila: TESDA 2010
LAO PDR - VET
National Baseline Tracer Study (NBTS) by GTZ-HRDME (2005, 2007, 2009) (Lao-German Programme on Human Resource Development for Market Economy)
Nepal - VET
Development Vision - Nepal (P.) Ltd, Tracer Study of Technical Skills Development Training Graduates, 2008/2009, Kathmandu 2012
Taiwan-HE
Regular tracer studies as a part of the Integrated Postsecondary Education Database (TIPED); Center for Educational Research & Evaluation, National Taiwan Normal University.
Web site (Chinese): http://www.cere.ntnu.edu.tw/
Shu-Chen Chiang: Taiwan Experience in Tracer studies: Taiwan Integrated Postsecondary Education Database (TIPED). Presentation at the International Conference "Experiences with Link and Match in Higher Education. Results of Tracer Studies Worldwide (EXLIMA)". Bali, Indonesia, October 22 - 23 2012. (download)
Vietnam-HE
Tran Thi Thai Ha, Ngo Thi Thanh Tung and Nguyen Thi Minh Phuong: Tracer Study of National Economics University - Vietnam. Presentation at the International Conference "Experiences with Link and Match in Higher Education. Results of Tracer Studies Worldwide (EXLIMA)". Bali, Indonesia, October 22 - 23 2012. (download)
Vietnam-VET
Tracer Study implementation in selected VEt institutions as a part of a GIZ project (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH). GIZ project title: "Reform of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Viet Nam – System advisory services for technical and vocational education and training component."
http://www.tvet-vietnam.org/index.php/en/news/40-general/270-vietnamese-german-cooperation-in-tvet-tracer-study-a-successfully-piloted-initiative
Overview
International studies
CHEERS
In contrast to surveys specific only to single higher education institutions the CHEERS study is a large-scale international survey, which was initiated and coordinated by INCHER-Kassel from 1998 to 2001. More than 40,000 higher education graduates in Europe and Japan have contributed important information study design by answering a questionnaire on the relation between higher education training and work three to four years after graduation. The CHEERS survey (Careers After Higher Education - an European Research Study) was mainly financed by the European Union in the framework of funding socio-economic research (TSER). Nine countries of the European Union: • Austria, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, Spain, United Kingdom), • the EFTA country Norway, • one Central and Eastern European country (Czech Republic) and • Japan as an country outside of Europe participated. The survey was done through an extensive questionnaire (16 pages, about 600 variables), which touched many areas: study, course of study, assessment of study conditions, transition to work, qualification and usage of qualifications, relation between study and work, working conditions (salary, work time, kind of contract), job satisfaction, further training, regional and international mobility, social background and further characteristics.
Major publication of the CHEERS study:
Schomburg, Harald and Teichler, Ulrich: Higher Education and Graduate Employment in Europe. Results of Graduates Surveys from 12 Countries. Dordrecht: Springer, Higher Education Dynamics, 2006.
Teichler, Ulrich (ed.): Careers of University Graduates. Views and Experiences in Comparative Perspective. Dordrecht: Springer, Higher Education Dynamics, 2007.
More information on the web site: https://www.qtafi.de/cheers-european-graduate-survey.html
REFLEX
In the year 2004 the REFLEX project started as a continuation of the CHEERS study with some changed topics centred around a survey of about 30,000 higher education graduates in those countries that already participated in the CHEERS survey, as well as Belgium, Poland and Switzerland. There were also parallel surveys in Estonia, Russia and several Latin American countries (PROFLEX). The REFLEX project was financed, among other sources, from funds of the 6th framework of the European Union as a Specific Targeted Research Project (STREP). The REFLEX project analyzed the developments in the relations between higher education and work in Europe. It takes on the challenges of effective higher education training, which are seen as more and more important because of the development towards a knowledge society and concentrates upon three linked questions: (1) Which competencies do higher education graduates need to adequately fulfil work tasks in this knowledge society? (2) Which role do higher education institutions play in helping the graduates develop these competencies? (3) Which conflicts result from graduates, higher education institutions, employers and other agents trying to reach their own goals and how can these conflicts be solved? The REFLEX survey was methodically very similar to the CHEERS survey in the choice of targeted graduates, though in REFLEX the graduates four to five years after graduating were included.
Major publication of the REFLEX study:
Allen, Jim and van der Velden, Rolf (Hg.): The Flexible Professional in the Knowledge Society. New Challenges for Higher Education. Dordrecht: Springer, Higher Education Dynamics, Vol. 35/2011.
See also the HEGESCO project: http://www.hegesco.org/
Descriptive statistics: http://www.decowe.org/static/uploaded/htmlarea/finalreportshegesco/Hegesco_Statistical_Outlook.pdf
Major report: Jim Allen and Rolf Van der Velden: Report on the Large-Scale Graduate Survey: Competencies and Early Labour Market Careers of Higher Education Graduates. http://www.decowe.org/static/uploaded/htmlarea/finalreportshegesco/Competencies_and_Early_Labour_Market_Careers_of_HE_Graduates.pdf
Austria
No regular tracer studies
Austria participated in the international tracer studies CHEERS and REFLEX.
Belgium
No regular tracer studies
Belgium/Flanders participated in the international tracer study REFLEX.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Implementation of tracer studies in the context of the CONGRAD project: http://www.congrad.org
Croatia
No regular tracer studies
Czech Republic
No regular tracer studies
Czech Republic participated in the international tracer studies CHEERS and REFLEX.
Denmark
No regular tracer studies
Estonia-HE
No regular tracer studies
Estonia participated in the international tracer study REFLEX.
Finland-HE
Regular tracer studies of institutions
Finland participated in the international tracer studies CHEERS and REFLEX.
France-HE
Regular tracer studies
Giret, Jean-François; Guégnard, Christine and Michot, Claire: The Vocationalisation of University Programmes in France: Its Consequences for Employability and Mobility. In: Schomburg, Harald and Teichler, Ulrich (eds.): Employability and Mobility of Bachelor Graduates in Europe. Key Results of the Bologna Process. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers 2011, 113-128.
CEREQ National Graduate Surveys
Web site: http://www.cereq.fr/index.php/menus/pied_de_page/base_de_donnees/Enquetes-d-insertion-Generation
France participated in the international tracer studies CHEERS and REFLEX.
Germany-HE
Regular tracer studies
Since 1989 every fourth graduation age-group of first degree graduates was interviewed by the Higher Education Information System GmbH (HIS). 6,000 to 12,000 first degree graduates participated (see Briedis 2007). The surveys take place about one year after graduation and are complemented by a survey five years after graduation. In single cases HIS GmbH has also conducted regional surveys (e.g. in 2001 state specific surveys in Brandenburg and North Rhine-Westphalia). HIS changed in the year 2013 the name to DZHW- Deutsches Zentrum für Hochschul- und Wissenschaftsforschung GmbH (German Centre for Research on Higher Education and Science Studies) (see http://www.dzhw.eu/english).
Schomburg, Harald: Bachelors Graduates in Germany: International Mobil, Smooth Transition and Professional Success. In: Schomburg, Harald and Teichler, Ulrich (eds.): Employability and Mobility of Bachelor Graduates in Europe. Key Results of the Bologna Process. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers 2011, 89-110.
Schomburg, Harald and Teichler, Ulrich: “Increasing Potentials of Alumni Research for Curriculum Reforms : Some Experiences from a German Research Institute”. In Weerts, David, J. and Vidal, Javier (eds.): Enhancing Alumni Research. European and American Perspectives. San Francisco: Jossey Bass 2005 (New Directions for Institutional Research, Nr. 126), 31-48.
Web site of the DZHW/HIS tracer studies: http://www.dzhw.eu/ab22
Web site of the KOAB tracer studies: http://koab.uni-kassel.de/en/koab.html
Web site of the Bavarian tracer studies: http://www.bap.ihf.bayern.de/
Germany participated in the international tracer studies CHEERS and REFLEX.
Germany-VET
BIBB school-leaver surveys; "The Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) carries out regular surveys of school leavers from general education and from part-time and full-time vocational schools. The main theme of these surveys is young people's vocational orientations and occupational choices (i.e. their eventual destinations)." http://www.bibb.de/en/wlk30743.htm
Greece
No regular tracer studies
Hungary
Regular tracer studies
Kerégyártó, Sandor (ed.): Hungarian Graduates 2011. Education 2013.
Kiss, László and Veroszta, Zsuzsanna: Bachelor Graduates in Hungary in the Transitional Period of Higher Education System. In: Schomburg, Harald and Teichler, Ulrich (eds.): Employability and Mobility of Bachelor Graduates in Europe. Key Results of the Bologna Process. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers 2011, 129-142.
Ireland
No regular tracer studies
Italy
Regular tracer studies
Cammelli, Andrea; Antonelli, Gilberto; Francia, Angelo di; Gasperoni, Giancarlo and Sgarzi, Matteo Mixed Outcomes of the Bologna Process in Italy. In: Schomburg, Harald and Teichler, Ulrich (eds.): Employability and Mobility of Bachelor Graduates in Europe. Key Results of the Bologna Process. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers 2011, 143-170.
Cammelli, Andrea: 14th ALMA LAUREA Report on Graduates’ Employment Conditions. http://www.almalaurea.it/sites/almalaurea.it/files/docs/universita/occupazione/occupazione10/sintesi_en.pdf
Web site: https://www.almalaurea.it/en)
Italy participated in the international tracer studies CHEERS and REFLEX.
Lithuania
No regular tracer studies
Lithuania participated in the international tracer study REFLEX/HEGESCO.
Macedonia
No regular tracer studies
Montenegro
Implementation of tracer studies in the context of the CONGRAD project: http://www.congrad.org
Netherlands
Regular tracer studies in VET and HE
Regular school leaver surveys in the Netherlands: "The school leaver surveys are designed to function as a monitoring instrument for the transition from school to work, covering the full breadth of the Dutch education system. The statistics generated by these surveys contain information on labour market outcomes, competencies and subsequent study activities." http://www.roa.unimaas.nl/nw_schoolleaversurveystatistics.htm
Main publication: http://www.roa.nl/pdf_publications/2013/ROA_R_2013_7.pdf
Allen, Jim and Coenen, Johann: Employability and Mobility of Bachelor Graduates in the Netherlands. In: Schomburg, Harald and Teichler, Ulrich (eds.): Employability and Mobility of Bachelor Graduates in Europe. Key Results of the Bologna Process. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers 2011, 171-184.
Web site in Dutch: http://www.roa.unimaas.nl/sis/index.htm
The Netherlands participated in the international tracer studies CHEERS and REFLEX.
Norway
Regular tracer studies
Liv Anne Støren, Jannecke Wiers-Jenssen and Clara Åse Arnesen: Employability and Mobility of Norwegian Graduates Post Bologna. In: Schomburg, Harald and Teichler, Ulrich (eds.): Employability and Mobility of Bachelor Graduates in Europe. Key Results of the Bologna Process. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers 2011, 185-208.
Norway participated in the international tracer studies CHEERS and REFLEX.
Poland - HE
No regular tracet studies.
Gabriela Grotkowska: The Employability and Mobility of Bachelor Graduates in Poland. In: Schomburg, Harald and Teichler, Ulrich (eds.): Employability and Mobility of Bachelor Graduates in Europe. Key Results of the Bologna Process. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers 2011, 211-228.
Poland participated in the international tracer study REFLEX/HEGESCO.
Portugal
No regular tracer studies
Portugal participated in the international tracer study REFLEX.
Romania
No regular tracer studies
Implementation of Institutional Tracer Studies at all Universities 2010-2012
The first phase
• addressed graduates that finished their studies in 2005 and 2009
• 55 public and private universities participated
• during four contact stages, from November 2010 to March 2011, each university invited its graduates to fill in the questionnaire
• one invitation and three reminders were sent by mail and e-mail
• the filling in of the questionnaire ended on 31st March 2011, with 39 293 respondents.
The second phase
• addressed graduates that finished their studies in 2006 and 2010
• 42 public and private universities participated, using the updated questionnaire
• it had five contact stage, unfolded between 2 April 2012 - 30 April 2012
• one invitation and four reminders were sent by e-mail and only optionally by mail
• new contact methods were used: short message invitations sent to graduates with a valid mobile number, online self-registration form available on the project’s website
• the contact process was implemented with the help of an online platform, developed by UEFISCDI, which facilitated the automatic sending of emails and responses’ centralization
• the filling in of the questionnaire ended on June 2012, with 9.294 respondents.
Source: http://www.absolvent-univ.ro
Serbia
No regular tracer studies
Implementation of tracer studies in the context of the CONGRAD project: http://www.congrad.org
Slovenia
No regular tracer studies
Slovenia participated in the international tracer study REFLEX/HEGESCO.
Spain-HE
Regular tracer studies in some regions
Mora, José-Ginés and Vidal, Javier: The Emerging Uses of Alumni Research in Spain. In: Weerts, David, J. and Vidal, Javier (eds.): Enhancing Alumni Research. European and American Perspectives. San Francisco: Jossey Bass 2005 (New Directions for Institutional Research, 126), 19-29.
Spain participated in the international tracer studies CHEERS and REFLEX.
Sweden
No regular tracer studies
Sweden participated in the international tracer studies CHEERS and REFLEX.
Switzerland-HE
Regular tracer studies; census of every second cohort; panel: one year and five years after graduation
Web site of the regular national tracer study system: http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/infothek/erhebungen__quellen/blank/blank/bha/00.html Many publications online available, e.g. BFS Statistik der Schweiz (2015): Hochschulabsolventinnen und Hochschulabsolventen auf dem Arbeitsmarkt. Erste Ergebnisse der Längsschnittbefragung 2013. Neuchâtel. http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/15/22/publ.html?publicationID=5864
Switzerland participated in the international tracer study REFLEX.
Turkey
No regular tracer studies
Turkey participated in the international tracer study REFLEX/HEGESCO.
United Kingdom
Regular tracer studies
Brennan, John; Williams, Ruth and Woodley, Alan: Alumni studies in the United Kingdom. In: Weerts, David and Vidal, Javier (eds.): Special Issue: Enhancing Alumni Research: European and American Perspectives San Francisco: Jossey-Bass 2005 (New Directions for Institutional Research; 126), pp. 83-94.
Little, Brenda: The UK Bachelors Degree – A Sound Basis for Flexible Engagement with an Unregulated Labour Market? In: Schomburg, Harald and Teichler, Ulrich (eds.): Employability and Mobility of Bachelor Graduates in Europe. Key Results of the Bologna Process. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers 2011, 231-252.
United kingdom participated in the international tracer studies CHEERS and REFLEX.
International comparison
Al-Samarrai, S. & Bennell, P., 2003. Where has all the education gone in Africa? Employment outcomes among secondary school and university leavers. Institute of Development Studies, Brighton, UK.
Al-Samarrai, S. and Bennell, P. (2003) Where has all the education gone in Africa? IDS and KSD, Brighton.
Mugabushaka, Alexis-Michel; Schomburg, Harald and Teichler, Ulrich (eds.): Higher Education and Work in Africa. A Comparative Empirical Study in Selected Countries. Kassel: International Centre for Higher Education Research Kassel 2007 (Werkstattberichte, 69) . (download)
- Schomburg, Harald (2007): "Work Orientation, Job Satisfaction and Professional Success of Graduates from African Universities". In: Mugabushaka, Schomburg and Teichler (eds.): Higher Education and Work in Africa. A Comparative Empirical Study in Selected Countries. Kassel, University of Kassel, International Centre for Higher Education Research, Werkstattberichte 69, 111-126. [http://www.ingradnet.org/surveys/schomburg_2007.pdf] ( download)
- Kaijage, Erasmus (2007): Employment and Work of African Graduates: An Empirical Analysis in Six Countries. In: Mugabushaka, Schomburg and Teichler (eds.): Higher Education and Work in Africa. A Comparative Empirical Study in Selected Countries. Kassel, University of Kassel, International Centre for Higher Education Research, Werkstattberichte 69, 111-126. [http://www.ingradnet.org/surveys/kaijage_2007.pdf] ( download)
- Teichler, Ulrich: Background and Aims of the Analysis of African Graduates‘ Employment and Work. In: Mugabushaka, Alexis-Michel; Schomburg, Harald and Teichler, Ulrich (eds.): Higher Education and Work in Africa. A Comparative Empirical Study in Selected Countries. Kassel: International Centre for Higher Education Research Kassel 2007 (Werkstattberichte, 69).
Ethiopia
Jerusalem Yibeltal Yizengaw (2016): Higher Education and Labor Market in Ethiopia: A Tracer Study of Graduate Employment in Engineering From Addis Ababa and Bahir Dar Universities. Dissertation Adis Ababa University 2016.
http://etd.aau.edu.et/bitstream/123456789/12022/1/JERUSALEM%20YIBELTAL.pdf
A Tracer Study on the Graduates of Mekelle University. http://www.mu.edu.et/index.php/10-research/1550-a-tracer-study-on-the-graduates-of-mekelle-university
John Mabley (2017): Graduates Tracer Study Report. University of Gondar. http://www.uog.edu.et/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Graduates-Tracer-Study.pdf
Stephanie Petrasch (2012): Analysing female competencies and skills entering the employment market: A case study of engineering graduates under gender perspective from Ethiopia. Presentation at the EXLIMA conference in Bali/Indonesia.
Teshome Nekatibeb and Aklilu Amsalu (2012): Graduate Employment and Professional Success in Ethiopia: A Case Study of Addis Ababa University. Presentation at the EXLIMA conference in Bali/Indonesia.
Ghana
Batse Z.M.K and Gyeke Oware (1992). Graduate Tracer Study: A Study of Employed and Unemployed Graduates in Ghana. Report of the Institute for Statistical, Social and Economic Research, University of Ghana, Legon for the Ministry of Education, Higher Education Division. Djangmah (1999) The Challenge of further vocationalizing university Education in Ghana : A survey of University Graduates. (unpublished Report)
Kenya
Obando, J. and Shisanya, C.: Institutionalizing Tracer Studies in Higher Education Institutions in Africa: The Experience of Kenyatta University. Presentation at the International Conference "Experiences with Link and Match in Higher Education. Results of Tracer Studies Worldwide (EXLIMA)". Bali, Indonesia, October 22 - 23 2012. (download).
Omar Egesah and Mary Wahome: Moi University Tracer (MUTRACE). Link Between Graduates Study & Job Experiences at Moi University, Kenya. Presentation at the International Conference "Experiences with Link and Match in Higher Education. Results of Tracer Studies Worldwide (EXLIMA)". Bali, Indonesia, October 22 - 23 2012. (download).
Kimani, G.N and Kinyanjui, J.W (1999). Assessment of the Effectiveness of the Bachelor of Education Programme (B.Ed.Arts) in meeting Job needs of Graduates of University of Nairobi (unpublished Report)
Karugu (2001). Higher Education and Work : Survey of Graduates of Kenyatta University. (unpublished report).
Namibia
With support of the the National Council for Higher Education the three biggest universities in Namibia (University of Namibia, Namibia University of Science and Technology and the International University of Management) conducted several graduate tracer studies in the last years with common questionnaire and the same methodology. The last survey was conducted 2019 and covered graduates who finished 2014, 2015 and 2016. In total 6,359 graduates participated in the online survey which represents a net response rate of 44 per cent.
Overview of the research publications from NCHE: http://www.nche.org.na/publications/documents .
National Council for Higher Education (2019): 2019 National Graduate Survey Report. (download).
National Council for Higher Education (2018): National Graduate Survey for 2012 and 2013 Cohorts. (download).
National Council for Higher Education (2011): Tracer Study of Graduates from Higher Education Institutions 1999-2008. (download).
Nigeria
Omoifo, C.N; Badmus, G.A and Awanbor D. (1996). Education and achievement in the early Career of the University University of Benin Graduates. Report of the1996 University of Benin Graduates’s Tracer Study. (unpublished Report).
Omotosho, J. (2000). Higher Education and Work : A Survey of Alumni of the University of Ilorin who Graduated between 1985 and 1994. (unpublished Report)
Ugwuonah G. E. & Omeje K. C.(1998) Final Report of Tracer Study Research Project on Higher Education and Work. Institute for Development Studies, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus. http://www.aau.org/studyprogram/notpub/ugowomeje.pdf
Anyanwu G. A and Iloeje, I. C (1999). Graduates’s Employment Survey : A Tracer Study of the Graduates of the Faculties of Arts and Agriculture at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. (unpublished Report)
Malawi
S.N Zembere and M.P.M. Chinyama (1996). The University Of Malawi Graduate Tracer
Study 1996. Download
J.M Dubbey (1988). The Malawi tracer study. (not published)
Mauritius
Tertiary Education Commission: Graduate Tracer Study 2011. A Preliminary Report.
2012 Tertiary Education Commission: Graduate Tracer Study 2008. 2009
South Africa – VET
Bennell, P. and Monyokolo, M. (1994) The lost generation? Employment outcomes among high school graduates in South Africa. International Journal of Educational Development, 14( 2), pp. 195-206
Michael Cosser, Simon McGrath, Azeem Badroodien & Botshabelo Maja (eds): Technical College Responsiveness. Learner destinations and labour market environments in South Africa. Cape Town: HSRC Publishers 2003. [http://www.hsrcpress.ac.za]
South Africa – HE
Kraak, PATHWAYS FROM UNIVERSITY TO WORK. A Graduate Destination Survey of the 2010 Cohort of Graduates from the Western Cape Universities. Cape Higher Education Consortium (CHEC) 2013 [http://www.chec.ac.za/files/CHEC%20Graduate%20Survey%20FULL%20REPORT%20WEB.pdf]
Web site: http://www.chec.ac.za/
Tanzania - HE
Al-Samarrai, S. and Reilly, B. (2005) Education, employment and earnings of secondary school leavers in Tanzania: Evidence from a tracer study. [http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/129/]
Baldauf, Beate und Lwambuka, Ladislaus: Findings of the Graduates’ and Employers’ Surveys 1989. In: University of Dar es Salaam, Faculty of Engineering (ed.): University Education and Engineering Profession in Tanzania. Dar es Salaam, 1993.
Kaijage, E. S.: Faculty of Commerce and Manag ement graduates and their employers: A tracer study. University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam 2000.
Winkler, Helmut; Hartmann, Klaus und Schomburg, Harald: Engineers in Tanzania. A secondary Analysis - Graduate and Employer Survey 1985 - Faculty of Dar es Salaam. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH. Eschborn 1992.
Uganda - HE
Mayanja, M.K. ; Nakayiwa-Mayega, F. ;Adebua, A. ; Kabuye, M.K. and Kaase-Bwanga, E. (1999). A Comparative Study of Makerere University Graduates from the faculties of Arts & Science. (unpublished Report)
Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR): Graduate Tracer and Employers' Expectations Studies. Kampala: National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) 2006. http://www.unche.or.ug/wp-content/plugins/download-attachments/includes/download.php?id=252
Zimbabwe
Bennell, P. and Ncube, M. (1994) Jobs for the boys? The employment experiences of secondary school-leavers in Zimbabwe. Journal of Southern African Studies, 20(2), pp. 301-15.
Bennell, P. and Ncube, M. (1993) Education and training outcomes: University graduates in Zimbabwe during the 1980s. Zimbabwe Journal of Educational Research,5(2), pp. 107-123.
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