Assessing Alumni Success: Income is NOT the Only Outcome!
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2017
Keywords
alumni success, arts graduates, job satisfaction, assessment, career outcomes
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2015.1098587
Abstract
Institutions may be interested in using alumni career success as evidence of institutional effectiveness, but the current study suggests that using income as the sole outcome may not be entirely capturing the occupational experience of graduates. Utilising data from the Strategic National Arts Alumni Project, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis indicated that there are two distinct components of job satisfaction for arts graduates: intrinsic satisfaction and extrinsic satisfaction. The results of ordinary least squares regression analyses for these two factors provide some relationships concerning demographic and occupational characteristics with these two areas of satisfaction. In considering overall job satisfaction, intrinsic satisfaction may play a larger role in how alumni perceive their career outcomes and success.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, v. 42, issue 2, p. 195-207
Scholar Commons Citation
Dumford, Amber D. and Miller, Angie L., "Assessing Alumni Success: Income is NOT the Only Outcome!" (2017). Leadership, Counseling, Adult, Career and Higher Education Faculty Publications. 266.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/ehe_facpub/266
