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Western Washington University Survey Of Former Students, Western Washington University. Office Of Survey Research
Western Washington University Survey Of Former Students, Western Washington University. Office Of Survey Research
Office of Institutional Effectiveness
Questionnaire: 1991 survey of former students: reasons why students left Western; problems experienced while at Western; dissatisfaction; Changes students would make.
Survey Of Employers' Satisfaction With Western Washington Graduates, Gary (Gary Russell) Mckinney, Jacqueline M. Andrieu-Parker, Robert M. Thorndike, Joseph E. Trimble
Survey Of Employers' Satisfaction With Western Washington Graduates, Gary (Gary Russell) Mckinney, Jacqueline M. Andrieu-Parker, Robert M. Thorndike, Joseph E. Trimble
Office of Institutional Effectiveness
Executive Summary: This report compiled information gathered in interviews with a sample of personnel managers and direct supervisors of organizations employing Western Washington University graduates from one to three years after their graduation. Personnel managers were questioned first. When asked to rate their emphasis of nine qualities of general employment, work or internship experience received the highest ratings of "great" emphasis. Having a broad liberal arts background received the highest ratings of "little" or "no" emphasis. A majority of personnel managers preferred that employees be flexible (47.4%), or valued skill training and flexibility equally (41.8%). It was also discovered that …