Graduates’ Perceptions and Evaluation of Study Programmes: Analytical Framework and Methodological Considerations 1

This paper aims to draw scientific attention to the significance and usefulness of sociological approach, namely higher education (HE) graduates’ perceptions survey as a one of the mechanisms to collect and use graduate feedback facilitating the study programmes’ evaluation, and in turn, enlarging our knowledge on the enhancement of HE quality, the improvement of graduate employability, and effective ways of smoothing the transition from education to work. The emphasis is being placed on critical description of the analytical framework set out by authors of the international research project – DEHEMS on HE graduates feedback. The DEHEMS project uses secondary – processed data based on primary – raw data as generated by two Europe-wide and large-scale research projects: REFLEX and HEGESCO. JEL Code: I230 1This article is the revised version of an unpublished poster presentation given by the author at the 35th EAIR Annual Forum: “The Impact of Higher Education: Addressing the Challenges of the 21st Century”, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 28–31 August 2013, Rotterdam; P. Bielecki, Poland’s Business/ Economics Graduates’ Perceptions and Evaluation of Study Programmes.