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Graduates, Employers and the Academy: Perceptions of the Quality and Utility of External Degrees over Twenty Five Years: Author: Puffer, Glenn Robert; Date: 2005-12-15; Program: Education; Abstract: In 1975 the Bureau of Social Science Research (BSSR) commissioned a study to examine the education- and work-related experiences of graduates from external degree programs to gather information "on how well such degrees served their holders, especially with respect to their usefulness in the world of work and the extent to which they provide access to higher-level programs." The study findings published in 1978 revealed that many of the perceptions of the "quality and validity" of external degrees held by graduates, employers, and educators in 1976-77 are similar to tho...; Download File | View full details