Tracking the Alumni of the Graduate School in a Philippine Higher Education Institution

This study traced the general and employment data of graduate school alumni. It also assessed skills that the alumni acquired in their Master’s Degree that are most useful in their jobs, the status of the graduate school program delivery & implementation and correlation aspect of selected variables. It was conducted using the descriptive research design. A structured questionnaire was used to obtain relative data. Majority of the Graduate School Alumni are married, female, resides in Region I, Philippines, they are holders of BSEd, BEED & BSAEd in their undergraduate degrees and possessed professional license having passed the Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET) and Licensure Examination for Agriculturist (LEA). Their top most reason for pursuing their Master’s Degree is for professional development. In terms of employment they are permanent in their jobs. They are faculty and office personnel’s, who are occupying good positions in the organizational hierarchy and have experienced being promoted after finishing their Master’s Degree. Majority of the skills that are acquired by the Alumni were “Very Much Useful” to their present jobs. The status of program delivery and implementation is “Excellent” along the areas: VMGO, Faculty, Curriculum & Instructions, Administration while the other areas are “Very Good”. The skills acquired by the alumni on Master’s Degree are significantly related with their present jobs. The skills acquired by the alumni in their Master’s Degree are significantly related with program delivery and implementation along VMGO, Faculty, Support to students, Extension and Physical Plant & Facilities. Results imply that the graduate school as an important component in the educational system shall plays a great role in providing quality advance higher education supportive to the emerging knowledge economy and global prosperity. Due to a growing emphasis on quality assurance in the educational system, there’s a need to engage meaningfully in the delivery and implementation of programs to support the development of students’ essential skills for various professions which they shall articulate in the work place.

Keywords: Tracking data, graduate school, alumni, skills, program delivery and implementation.