Document Type

Report

Publication Date

9-1-2009

Keywords

graduate exit, graduate study, attending graduate school, academic program, professional development, plans for the future, educational debt, post-graduate plans, elmployment

Abstract

The 2009 Exit Survey of Graduate Students Completing Degrees in the Spring or Summer of 2009 holds particular importance as it is the first formal exit survey of graduating master’s degree recipients at Western Washington University. The survey was designed to elicit information on program satisfaction, the frequency and scope of academic interaction on and off campus, barriers to success, and plans for the future. OSR uses a mixture of online and telephone survey methodologies then, when applicable, links survey results with Western’s student records, thus expanding their usefulness to researchers. Individual survey results may be shared with interested campus parties. This exit survey was administered to graduate students earning their master’s degrees at the conclusion of either the spring or summer quarters of 2009. Of the 280 recipients of this degree, OSR received valid responses from 188 (a response rate of 67.1%). The survey was launched with an e-mail invitation to potential respondents approximately four weeks prior to spring graduation. Follow up e-mail reminders were sent approximately every four days for the subsequent two weeks. Phone call reminders were then placed to all non-respondents. Subsequent to spring graduation this process was repeated for summer graduates.

Identifier

319

Publisher

Digital object produced by Office of Survey Research, Western Washington University, and made available by University Archives, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University.

Subjects - Topical (LCSH)

College graduates--Washington (State)--Statistics; College graduates--Washington (State)--Attitudes

Title of Series

Technical and research reports (Western Washington University. Office of Survey Research) ; 2009-01

Genre/Form

Reports

Type

Text

Rights

This resource is provided for educational purposes only and may be subject to U.S. and international copyright laws. For more information about rights or obtaining copies of this resource, please contact University Archives, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries.

Language

English

Format

application/pdf

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