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The quality of study programmes in higher education is essential for the education of graduates with a high level of knowledge in the subject field. Many factors influence the quality of study programmes, such as curriculum design, available human and material resources, and continual improvement and innovation according to the recent advancements in the field. According to standards for quality assurance in higher education area, improvement of study programme quality should involve all relevant stakeholders, especially graduated students, employers and organizations from the professional field. Establishing and maintaining connections to the stakeholders is a challenging job for higher education institutions. This paper describes a possible solution to information system for tracking information about graduated students - alumni, and its possible contribution to improvement and innovation of study programmes.
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Mijic, D., Jankovic, D. (2012). Towards Improvement of the Study Programme Quality: Alumni Tracking Information System. In: Kocarev, L. (eds) ICT Innovations 2011. ICT Innovations 2011. Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing, vol 150. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28664-3_27
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