A Systems' Perspective of Assessment Based on Business Students' Perception of Prior Preparation: Ready or Not, Here They Come

Abstract

Assessment of learning is the educational equivalent of corporate quality assurance. Graduates are considered to be the outputs of universities and assessment of learning standards help ensure the quality of these human products. The quality of graduates is impacted by the quality of the students' input into the college as either freshmen or transfer students. Therefore, this study examined business students' perceptions of themselves and peer students with respect to background, experience, motivation, and abilities prior to and during their collegiate careers. The results show that the majority of business students believe themselves and their peers are adequately prepared/or the business curricula.