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TY - GEN
T1 - Satisfaction and getting a career
T2 - Higher Education advances HEAD '17
AU - James-Maceachern, Melissa
PY - 2017/6/21
Y1 - 2017/6/21
N2 - The purpose of this paper is to explore the factors that affect higher education student satisfaction and future employment and their use of career and other support services while attending an institution. The descriptive results of this study suggest that while student satisfaction may be relatively similar for all academic programs, students utilize career and other support services very little. Most notably, the results also indicate students’ expectations for employment was not related to their experience issuing these services. On the contrary, they were mostly satisfied with their academic and personal development. In essence, students felt prepared for the workplace based on their academic experiences rather than through other supports offered by the institution. This paper suggests that institutions efforts are best placed on the academic and learning experience available to their students versus career and support services.
AB - The purpose of this paper is to explore the factors that affect higher education student satisfaction and future employment and their use of career and other support services while attending an institution. The descriptive results of this study suggest that while student satisfaction may be relatively similar for all academic programs, students utilize career and other support services very little. Most notably, the results also indicate students’ expectations for employment was not related to their experience issuing these services. On the contrary, they were mostly satisfied with their academic and personal development. In essence, students felt prepared for the workplace based on their academic experiences rather than through other supports offered by the institution. This paper suggests that institutions efforts are best placed on the academic and learning experience available to their students versus career and support services.
U2 - 10.4995/HEAd17.2017.5058
DO - 10.4995/HEAd17.2017.5058
M3 - Conference contribution/Paper
SN - 9788490485903
SP - 133
EP - 142
BT - Proceedings of the 3 rd International Conference on Higher Education Advances
PB - Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València
CY - Valencia
Y2 - 21 June 2017 through 25 June 2017
ER -