Implications of Students Exit Survey on Management and Administration of Higher Education in Ghana

Abstract

The purpose of this paper was to assess the learning gains, educational experience, facilities and resources availability to support graduate students using the University of Mines and Technology, Tarkwa. Ghana (UMaT) as a case and examined its implications for administration of higher education in Ghana. Descriptive statistics were used to present the perception of participants. Relative Importance Index (RII) was used to analyze the relative importance of each variable of assessment of facilities according to each responses weight. The graduate students indicated that they have acquired fundamental knowledge in their field of study. Again, the graduate students appreciated the quality of their learning experience. However, two variables (Library resources and Health and Counselling) were not positively perceived by graduate students. The study recommends for educational administrators to appreciate feedback from graduate students and use same for improvement of their institutions.