Quality of Private University Graduates of Bangladesh:The Employers’ Perspective

This research analyses the performance of the private university business graduates. Four broad categories of expected skills, with a number of variables in each category, are evaluated. The research showed that the private university business graduates’ performance with respect to the categories (4) and variables (25) are above average but have not reached satisfactory level. From the rankings obtained of each of the variables, the most important variables (category-wise) are found to be planning from management skills; problem-solving and analytical skills from technical skills; inter-personal abilities from communication skills; and honesty and positive attitude from personality traits. The factor analysis has also identified four important factors from 25 variables. The factors are management and relevant technical skills, inner personality traits, honesty and communication and related technical skills. The analysis revealed that the rate of promotion is not influenced by the quality perception, which is most likely due to other external and internal factors and policies that are associated with promotion decisions. Finally, the private universities of Bangladesh have accommodated a huge number of high school graduates to pursue higher education and they should also ensure good quality education, so that employers and the general mass do not remain skeptical about the competency of these private university graduates.