Graduates' Views on the Contribution of Their Higher Education to Their General Development: A Retrospective Evaluation for the United Kingdom

Using a data set on 12,000 UK graduates, we explore graduates' satisfaction with the contribution that higher education (HE) has made to their general development. Using an ordered logit model, we investigate which graduates are the most likely to evaluate favorably the contribution of their HE...

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Published inResearch in higher education Vol. 40; no. 4; pp. 409 - 438
Main Authors Belfield, C. R., Bullock, A. D., Fielding, A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Human Sciences Press, Inc 01.08.1999
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Age Differences
College Graduates
College Role
Communication skills
Employee qualifications
Family background
Foreign Countries
Graduate Surveys
Graduates
Higher Education
Individual Development
Institutional Characteristics
Labor markets
Outcomes of education
Personal growth
Self esteem
Statistical significance
Student Attitudes
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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Summary:Using a data set on 12,000 UK graduates, we explore graduates' satisfaction with the contribution that higher education (HE) has made to their general development. Using an ordered logit model, we investigate which graduates are the most likely to evaluate favorably the contribution of their HE. We make inferences about the relationship between the type of HE and its contribution to general development across a number of facets. Exploiting the historical composition of the data, we also examine the extent to which these contributory effects of HE to general development erode or diminish as the graduates age. This approach permits some critical insight into whether HE influences development over the course of one's life.
ISSN:0361-0365
1573-188X
DOI:10.1023/A:1018736125097