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This paper presents an alumni researchstudy as a model for assessing how well highereducation prepares graduates for changing professionaland labour market realities. Results revealed that,while alumni valued the innovative curriculum, theyrecommended increased focus on functional skills; morebalance between team work and individual work; andexpansion of the programme's area of specialisation. Policy recommendations advocated strengthening theemphasis on functional skills; intensifying the rigourof technical and financial coursessemi; linking thefaculty as mentors to students for career developmentsemi;and expanding the school's reputation for excellencein finance as well as in entrepreneurship.
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Delaney, A.M. Voices of Experience: Renewing Higher Education with Alumni Studies. Tertiary Education and Management 6, 137–156 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009621304934
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