Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Lakeland Community College board members voted recently for the unexpected 66-employee cut – part-and full-time workers, janitors, career services specialists, IT techs, groundskeepers, and others – which will take effect Jan. And some of those who will be cut will not receive benefit packages.

Community college

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 15, 2024

Faculty, staff, and higher ed administrators should use and keep up to date with credible sources of data about salary and outcomes to assuage student concerns, the report suggested. 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

Humanities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2024

“When students are completing their workforce training programs, building trades, as they work on resumes and get ready for job interviews, the career services team in the ACE division encourages them to think about getting a degree, and the importance of a degree,” said Adams. “In In many of our ACE programs, we grant academic credit.

Student success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 1, 2023

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. This includes peer-to-peer mentoring as well as connection to alumni.

Mentoring

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

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. And in 2022, women make up 67% of faculty.

Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2024

Dr. Elizabeth Béjar, provost at Florida International University (FIU), a public four-year HSI in Miami, that’s also Seal certified, said FIU began thinking seriously about how to help Latinx students “break through their own career glass ceiling” years ago. So, we took a proactive approach and invested in career services.

Students

EAB

JANUARY 12, 2023

Large or small, public or private, almost all VPSAs manage between six and seven direct reports, almost always including the director of career services. Most student affairs divisions now own career services. of institutions today have career services reporting to VPSAs. -->. June 29, 2022.

Student affairs

Symplicity

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The first half of my career was spent in Alumni Relations, and then I spent the last 7 in Career Services. I also really enjoyed the opportunities I had over those years to attend Symposium and interact with staff and other career services offices around the country.

Career services

The University Innovation Alliance

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Career preparation is a core objective of a university education. Yet are campus career services doing the job we need them to? Students currently receive limited guidance on how to gain the skills and experience required to achieve career goals. Faculty and staff feel pressured to help but lack the resources to do so.

Student success

The University Innovation Alliance

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Lack of adequate career preparation can be especially harmful to students from low-income backgrounds seeking to expand their career options and increase their lifelong earning potential through college education. They want to provide career readiness in deep, meaningful ways, especially to students who need it most.

Low income student

Symplicity

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

News & World Report unveiled its highly anticipated 2024 Best Colleges Rankings , a comprehensive list that evaluates colleges and universities across the United States based on a variety of factors, including academic reputation, faculty resources, student selectivity, financial resources, and alumni giving.

Faculty

Timely MD

DECEMBER 13, 2022

At Handshake’s Access 2022 conference for employers and career services professionals, three students spoke about their journey with mental health. Create an expectation of student commitment to college-to-career transition preparation. What does this look like at a personal level? Listen to their stories.

Mental health

Symplicity

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Guest blog post by Ray Angle, Assistant Vice President for Career & Professional Development at Gonzaga University and Matt Small, President and CEO of Symplicity.

Collaboration

EAB

JANUARY 1, 2024

As any faculty member or administrator will tell you, growing new programs is a lot easier than changing—or sunsetting—existing program offerings. Annual portfolio reviews give you enough time to socialize any needed changes with faculty and allow you to intervene while there is still time to make a difference in a program’s performance.

Faculty

EAB

MAY 5, 2023

Putting it together: Aligning campus services with every dimension of student wellness Stepped Care models show us that our non-clinical programs and services have a role to play in supporting student wellbeing , and the Eight Dimensions model gives us a blueprint for doing so in a way that is holistic and grounded in established theory.

Mental health

Civitas Learning

MARCH 13, 2025

Community Engagement : Strengthen a sense of belonging by promoting campus involvement and meaningful peer-to-peer and faculty interactions. Career Readiness : Ensure students are on the right path toward securing jobs in their chosen fields and improve post-graduation career outcomes.

Retention

The University Innovation Alliance

AUGUST 9, 2024

Some deans and faculty members caught wind of us because students started saying, ‘The work I'm doing with this organization is important to me seeing how I get through SJSU, but also how I pay off my debt or help my family when I get out.’ The Braven model is built off the University of Chicago's Career Advancement model.

Teaching

EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

All tiers will receive foundational guidance to connect with faculty during office hours, visit career services, engage with student life, and take advantage of counseling services when needed.

Advising

Supporting Student Success

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

I also worked with faculty to build custom workshops for their courses. Students regularly comment on feeling relieved, more informed and having a better idea on where to begin their career journey.” – Sandra Fazio, Career Services Coordinator for Justice, Psychology, & Kinesiology. Challenges.

Success

Timely MD

DECEMBER 13, 2022

At Handshake’s Access 2022 conference for employers and career services professionals, three students spoke about their journey with mental health. faculty, residential advisors, campus security, health workers, peer support specialists, workforce shortages, etc.) What does this look like at a personal level?

Mental health

The University Innovation Alliance

APRIL 26, 2023

Higher ed in this country was historically designed around the faculty, because that was our intellectual capital at the time." Career services professionals are repurposed as instructional designers to help put career readiness into every single class for each student's four years.

Success

EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Below are a few of the key themes that appeared in multiple capstone projects from past participants. Scroll down to read about each of the capstone projects in the fellows’ own words. Cooper Medical School of Rowan University Fostering sense of belonging among Black undergraduate students Melissa McGuire, Ph.D.,

Retention

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

College presidents, senior leaders, faculty and students have come to this year’s conference with the goal of sharing best practices on how they’ve transformed their institutions to benefit students. Truman College and Richard J. I know, as I look out across the room full of wonderful educators and leaders, that this future is attainable.”

Student success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 16, 2023

After her time at PTC, McManus returned to her alma mater and worked as the coordinator of educational career services and placement. “I believe that everyone has the opportunity to succeed, whatever that success looks like.”

Placement

EAB

OCTOBER 24, 2023

It's only after researching programs and admissions requirements that adult learners begin to research things like general information about the school, classes, or even faculty research interests. Many students are now requiring and placing a greater emphasis on the college support services to assist them with their online education.

Financial aid