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—Questionnaire for Graduates:
• Every university participating in the study had to sample a
total of 150 graduates.
• The graduates selected were to have graduated within the last
3 to 5 years.
• This criterion depended on the number of graduates that
had graduated in this period, as well as the professional
destinations of the graduates.
• If there were few graduates each year, the sample would include
those graduating within the last 5 years. If there were a large
number, then the sample would be limited to those graduating in
the last 3 years. In those few cases where there were not enough
graduates from the participating institution, graduates from other
similar institutions in the same country were included.
• In relation to the professional destinations of graduates, given that
the study was most interested in graduates who already were
working, where graduates entered the world of work rapidly after
graduation, the sample could be chosen among those who had
graduated in the last 3 years. Otherwise, when graduates took
longer to join the world of work, it was recommended to select
the sample from those who had graduated in the last 5 years.
• The criterion of selection of the 150 graduates was at random.
It was recommended that if there existed an association of
graduates with an updated database of addresses, the
selection was made by the above mentioned association.
• The corresponding university sent the questionnaires to its
graduates with a letter in which, as well as presenting the
questionnaire, it asked them to send it by return to the
university within the space of 10 days.
• The questionnaire and the letter of introduction were sent
along with a stamped addressed envelope for the return of
the questionnaire.
—Questionnaire for Employers:
• Every university participating in the study has to gather
information from 30 employers.
• The criterion of selection was that they should be organisations
known by the university as are who employed its graduates,
and/or organisations which in spite of not having proved that
they had employed graduates of the university, seemed likely
to be interesting places of work for these graduates. Within