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U of I First Destination InitiativeIntroduction for IlliAAC Advisors
November 12, 2015
Julia Panke Makela Associate Director for Assessment & Research, The Career Center
What is the First Destination Initiative? A response to demands for information on where U of I students
go after graduation- Considerable pressure to know from many sources…
Parents and families Current and prospective students State and federal government Accrediting boards
Yes, another survey… but not just that - Also an opportunity to condense surveys across campus, and - A way to “tell the Illinois Story”
A career exploration tool for students + a data resource for faculty, staff, and administration
• Presidents and alumni• Grant funding agencies• And more!
What are the Main Components? Survey for all bachelor’s degree graduates
- as well as a few participating graduate degree programs
Annual reports for the University and individual Colleges
Career exploration data portal for current and prospective students- To answer the question: “what have graduates before me done with their
Illinois degree?”- Custom queries can be run, returning aggregated results where at least 20
graduate responses are available
Faculty, Staff, and Administrator data portal- To assist with accreditation, program review, and continuous improvement data
inquiries- Custom queries can be run, returning aggregated results where at least 20
graduate responses are available
Full IRB approval for the initiative, and future connections to national benchmarks
What does the First Destination Survey Look Like?
Four main components- Contact information- First destination- Contributions of experiential
learning (online version only)- Invitation to stay in touch with
career services and alumni affairs
(See the paper version handout.)
How does the First Destination Survey Work?
First contact is “At Graduation” (actually, shortly before)- Via email approximately 3 weeks prior to graduation- With additional opportunities to fill the survey out
during class time in SOME capstone courses, and at cap and gown pick-up
- Paper surveys are used as a backup when technology not available or students not on our list of graduates with survey accounts
Opportunities to update responses via email invitations at:- 3 months post-graduation- 6 months post-graduation- 12 months post-graduation
Participation incentives raffled at each data collection time, such as:- $25, $50, $75, and $100 Visa Gift or Amazon cards- Variety of Starbucks gift cards- Diploma frame (at May graduation)- I-Pad Air (at 12 month invitation)
What might a Data Portal do? The idea: provide instant access to custom queries of the first
destination data set at appropriate levels of detail.
- Career Exploration Portal: Students and their families will be able to use the data set as a career development tool, entering search criteria to learn what outcomes U of I graduates have achieved following their degrees.
- Admin Reporting Portal: Faculty, staff, and administrators will be able to search the data at greater detail to gather de-identified statistics for reporting needs and to consider outcomes of their programs.
We only know of three similar systems that are open to the public:- University of Texas System (SeekUT):
http://www.utsystem.edu/seekut/Terms.htm - Purdue University: https://www.cco.purdue.edu/data/- American University: http://www.american.edu/weknowsuccess/
Types of Data in the First Destination Data Set
Some
Very Preliminary
Data for May 2015
Undergraduate
Degree Graduates
3-Months
Post-Graduation
Current Response Rates
Graduating ClassNumber of Graduates
Number of Respondents
Response Rate
August 2014 597 216 36%December 2014 1,095 640 58%May 2015 5,872 4,097 70%Total 7,564 4,953 65%
Graduating ClassNumber of Graduates
Number of Respondents
Response Rate
August 2015 565 233 41%December 2015 1,384* Emails sent Tuesday, November 10, 2016May 2016Total* Based on initial “pre-graduation” expected graduates list. Actual graduates will be confirmed 8 weeks after graduation.
Primary Destinations (Categories Planned for the U of I Annual Report)
Primary Status
Number of Responden
ts
Percent of Respondent
s
Percent Secured First
DestinationEmployed 2132 50%
76%Continuing education 1086 26%Volunteer / service 18 <1%
Seeking employment 629 15%Seeking education 274 6%Other 115 3%
As we designed the annual reports, we decided to condense the survey categories. Otherwise the pages, tables, and graphs look cluttered and unwieldy for a broad, external audience. Data portals will still allow faculty and staff to access information at the finer level of detail.
Only two status categories contain combined scales. Employed contains: “working full-time,” “working part-time,” and “military service.” Other includes “not seeking,” “I’d rather not answer,” and “no response to question.” Other than “working full-time” percentages the number of responses in these other options tends to be small. This is the case across the data set for all Colleges and Departments that we have tested. We will continue to monitor this.
Primary Destinations Selected
76% of graduates report securing a first destination at 3-months post-graduation
50%
26%
0%
15%
6%
3%
EmployedContinuing educationVolunteer / serviceSeeking employmentSeeking educationOther
Sample Employers of May 2015 Graduates
Abbott LaboratoriesAccentureAerotekAIGAllstateAon HewittBoeingCapital OneCargill, Inc.Carle HospitalCaterpillar. Inc.Citgo Petroleum CorporationDeloitteEarn & YoungEnterpriseEpic SystemsExxonMobilFacebook
Northwestern UniversityPepsiCoPinnacle AISPricewaterhouseCoopersProtiviti ConsultingPWCSandia National LaboratoriesSage Environmental ConsultingScribe AmericaShellState FarmTeach for AmericaThe HartfordUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-
ChampaignWest Monroe PartnersYahooYelp …. (and many more) …
FBIGeneral ElectricGeneral MillsGoogleHoneywellHuron ConsultingIBMIllinois Student Assistance CommissionIndeed.comIntel CorporationJP Morgan ChaseKohl’s CorporationKPMGMeijerMicrosoft CorporationMu Sigma Inc. NASANestle
Initial Salary Analysis for Full-Time Employed May 2015 Undergraduate Degree Graduates
Number of Full-Time
Employed Graduates
Full-Time Employed Graduates Reporting
SalaryMean
Salary
Lower Quartile
(25%)
Median Salary (50%)
Upper Quartile
(75%)1,895 1,440 (76%) $56,942 $44,000 $58,000 $66,000
Note: Salary calculations exclude outliers two or more standard deviations away from the mean.
Also, to date, 565 graduates working full-time reported receiving signing bonuses, averaging $5,408 (median = $5,000).
Graduate School Acceptances – May 2015 Grads Adler University
Bradley University
Brown University
Boston University
Carnegie Mellon University
Columbia University
DePaul
Duke University
Eastern Illinois University
Florida State University
Georgetown University
Harvard University
Illinois State University
Indiana University
Iowa State University
Johns Hopkins University
Loyola University Chicago
Marquette University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Midwestern University
New York University
Northern Illinois University
Oregon State University
Rush University
Stanford University
UC Berkeley
UC, Los Angeles (UCLA)
UC, San Diego (UCSD)
University of Chicago
University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Iowa
University of Michigan
University of Missouri
University of Pennsylvania
University of Texas at Austin
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Vanderbilt University
Washington University at St. Louis
…. (and many more) …
Graduate School Areas of Study- May 2015 Grads
More than 150 Graduates
Engineering
Health professions
Business, management, marketing, and related support services
65 Graduates
Biological and biomedical sciences
33-36 Graduates
Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences
Psychology
Physical sciences
Social sciences
20-29 Graduates
Mathematics and statistics
Architecture and related services
Education
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities
Health-related knowledge and skills
10-17 Graduates
Computer and information sciences and support services
Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields
Communication, journalism, and related programs
Involvement in Experiential Learning
Type of Experiential Learning
Percent of Respondent
s
Percent Indicating Experience Led to Post
Graduation Employment
Internships 57% 36%Assistantships (teaching, research, etc.) 21% 8%Study abroad/away with internship or practicum component 17% 3%Service learning or other academic volunteering 15% 5%Field experiences / practicums 13% 10%Clinical experiences 10% 10%Student teaching 8% 5%Co-ops 2% 27%
No, I did not complete any of the above 11%I’d rather not answer 5%
84% of graduates indicated some type of experiential learning during their degree programs.
Internships and co-ops were highlighted most often as leading to post-graduate employment.
Staying in Touch The survey asks graduates if they would like to “stay in touch
with Career Services and Alumni Relations offices at the University of Illinois…”
- To date, 65% of respondents have replied “Yes” and provided contact information
Finally, a
Preview of
Our New Look!
Core Tagline Tailored Tagline Example Resource
Individual achievements. Global Impact.
Experience our points of pride. Annual report
Share your story. Survey requests
Get to know our grads. Success stories
Discover their journeys. Faculty/admin portal
• Annual Report Templates are currently in Development…
U of I First Destination InitiativePlease stay in touch – There is much more to come from this initiative!
For additional information, visit:www.careercenter.illinois.edu/research/firstdestination
Or contact Julia Panke Makela at [email protected]
Primary Post-Graduation Destinations Selected
76% of graduates indicated that they have secured a first destination at graduation
Primary StatusNumber of
RespondentsPercent of
Respondents
Percent Secured First
DestinationWorking full-time 1895 45%
76 %
Working part-time 210 5%Engaged in military service 27 1%Engaged in volunteer service 18 0.4%Enrolling in additional education (accepted) 1086 26%
Seeking additional education (not accepted yet) 274 6%Unemployed and seeking employment 629 15%Unemployed and not seeking employment 18 0.4%I'd rather not answer 97 2%