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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

Paula Krebs Report on English Majors’ Career Preparation and Outcomes draws on findings from a number of different sources, including the Hamilton Project, the National Humanities Alliance, the Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce, and Humanities Indicators. Lynn Pasquerella, who holds a Ph.D. in philosophy.

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How to Choose a College Based on Your Major: CollegeAdvisor x StudyLab

Student Research Foundation

Most college majors are divided into basic categories, such as STEM, humanities, social sciences, health, or education. Youll want to take into account everything from faculty expertise and available electives to career services and networking opportunities. Often, this takes place in a research setting.

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The University Innovation Alliance's Three Playbooks for Student Success

The University Innovation Alliance

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.

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Bridging the Gap From Education to Employment

The University Innovation Alliance

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.

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The Role of Mental Health in Workforce Development

Timely MD

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.

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Repairing the College-to-Career Pipeline

The University Innovation Alliance

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.

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Implementing a caseload management model in a newly centralized division

EAB

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.