Graduate destination survey: comparative analysis of Thailand and Australia

Institutional researchers increasing believe that surveys constitute important tools for collecting data with view to monitoring and reviewing university performance and thereby assure the quality of Higher Education. A distinction is often though made between simple “Data” and real “Information”. The distinction between these two concepts is often a shuttle one. Information tends to add value to the data by permitting comparisons and the like. Accordingly growth in comparative institutional research is emerging as an important issue for institutional researchers. It is the aim of this paper to contribute to comparative international institutional research. In particular, this study reports on an application of the standardised Graduate Destination Survey instrument to Thai Case Study University and compares results with the national data available from the Graduate Careers Council of Australia.[Introduction]