ALUMNI TRACKING: PROMISING PRACTICES FOR COLLECTING

The purpose of this paper is first to document the processes that FITC developed and honed to track two cohorts of alumni and, second, provide techniques and recommendations for collecting, analyzing, and reporting employment data. The paper’s goal is to provide these tested practices to institutions that are experiencing challenges in obtaining and using alumni data to support policymaking, goal attainment, as well as program and curricular modifications. We pursued this goal by seeking the answers to three reporting requirements: 1. What percentage of alumni in CS, CE, and IT are employed within a year of obtaining their undergraduate degree? 2. What are the salaries of alumni in these majors after they have graduated from these programs? 3. Where (geographically) are students employed after graduation? To what extent are these students employed in state after graduation?

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