Integrative systematic review on studies of graduates of higher education institutions published in Mexican journals
Abstract
Higher Education Institutions include among their quality indicators the need to understand and assess the relevance of studies and their impact on the employability of their students, for this reason, research on graduates has been a recurring theme in educational research since the 1990s. The objective of this work is to identify what has been investigated about Graduates in mexican journals to understand how the transition from university to the professional field occurs. Specifically, it aims to answer the following questions: What are the diffusion spaces where the topic is discussed? In what period have works on the subject been published? What documents are of interest to the scientific community? What type of institutions have been the subject of study regarding their graduates? What kind of research is conducted on the subject? And how is knowledge about higher education graduates constructed? The chosen methodology was integrative systematic review following the PRISMA statement strategy. Information retrieval was carried out in 2023 in SciELO, identifying 60 articles, which provided a broad view of the object of study. Seven thematic groups emerged: 1) characterization, 2) satisfaction, 3) social mobility, 4) integration, 5) market, 6) performance, and 7) evaluation. This research provides an overview of the methodologies used in this area of knowledge, synthesizing scientific evidence and serving as a starting point for further research.
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