Guidelines
Data Requirements
Data Collection
Survey Sample
Auditing

Placement and wage data must be gathered by contacting individual students or their employers. Many schools routinely measure student outcomes (such as placement rates, training-related placement rates, wages, benefits, and the like), and there are many acceptable methods of gathering follow-up data. Some of the most common methods are brief telephone surveys of recent graduates, telephone confirmation of placement and wages with graduates’ employers, or mail surveys.

It is important to document the process you have used to gather your data. Documentation is critical to an effective and reliable data-gathering process and will be reviewed in the event your school or program is audited by Public Policy Associates or the Michigan Department of Labor & Economic Growth.