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Foundation Awards $116M Grant to LaGuardia Community College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

"The Cohen Career Collective will be the largest career and technical training facility of its kind in the region, offering programs to prepare New Yorkers of all ages, backgrounds, and educational levels for good jobs in high-growth sectors of our local economy."

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5 career services to support your professional and adult learners

EAB

Blogs 5 career services to support your professional and adult learners Build these services to aid your current students and stand out to prospects Career services are going to be especially important to your graduate and adult students in 2024.

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Report Emphasizes the Importance of Professional Social Capital

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Connections, networks and resources help people understand, access and navigate educational systems and the labor market. Also, Black managers are 65% more likely to progress in their careers if they have a sponsor. The report also notes requiring ongoing career advisement and formalizing the mentorship experience.

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Bridging the Gap From Education to Employment

The University Innovation Alliance

We've found a misaligned perception between how campus leadership and business leaders view student career outcomes. Ensuring Equitable Access. Career services offices, like higher education more broadly, have struggled with access and opportunity issues for first-generation and low-income students.

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New Report Shows Pandemic Negatively Impacted “Gen P’s” Interest in College

EAB

EAB notes that diminished access to in-person instruction during the pandemic created gaps in academic achievement and decreased opportunities for social development through classroom interactions with peers and teachers. Highlight career services and opportunities for internships and job placement.

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Is Your Institution ‘Gen P’ Ready?

EAB

. --> According to our survey, students increasingly value work experience, job placement, and career outcomes in higher education. Additionally, students prioritize affordability and career preparation in their ideal college experience. This trend started before the pandemic and has grown in recent years.

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Are you prepared to recruit ‘Gen P’?

EAB

It makes sense that the pandemic played a role in this trend: high school counselors reported that many of their students were less focused on college research during the pandemic, as they had less access to school resources and deprioritized college planning amid the stressors of the pandemic.