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Report: English Majors Employed at Comparable Rates, Educators Can Do More to Prepare Students for Careers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Women comprise the majority of English majors – they earned nearly 69% of all English bachelor’s degrees in 2014 – but are generally paid less, according to the report. It is also valuable to get input from people outside of academia, such as from career services centers, about employment trends, the report noted. “[The

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Georgian Court University Boasts Women-Led Majority Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

GCU, located in New Jersey, also has women in other school leadership positions as well, such as director of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives; director of career services, the director of financial aid, and the director of global education. Back in 2014, the number of women deans was just one.

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The University Innovation Alliance's Three Playbooks for Student Success

The University Innovation Alliance

College to Career. Since launching in 2014, UIA institutions have increased the number of graduates of color produced annually by 93% and the number of low-income graduates produced annually by 50%, resulting in 118,000 more graduates than projected. College to Career. Understand and map the current career readiness reality.

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Innovating Through Failure. and Success

The University Innovation Alliance

Career services professionals are repurposed as instructional designers to help put career readiness into every single class for each student's four years. In the end, the future of career services is inside every classroom. That is so awesome. "We

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Student Success, Retention, and Employability – Getting Digital in a High Tech, High Touch Environment

Eric Stoller on Academic Advising

Admissions professionals, academics, academic advisors, career services representatives, tutors, alumni officers, etc. Career services departments have a tremendous responsibility. Teaching students about digital identity and presence is fast-becoming a programmatic necessity for career services offices.