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Responding to the Challenges Of Employment Through Graduate Attributes

Dennis V. Madrigal

Discipline: Education

 

Abstract:

Responding to the challenges of global employment, universities recognize the need to produce graduates who meet the ever-changing demands of work and life in the national and global environment. This paper investigates the extent of practice of graduate attributes among graduating college students of a Catholic University. It determines the influence of graduate attributes in students’ lives. Using a sequential explanatory mixedmethod design, the findings revealed that the participants developed the graduate attributes to a high extent. Remarkable implication signifies that university education has successfully prepared and trained students to meet the challenges of national and global employment and industry.