Global Career Compass
Leveraging Education Abroad for Student Career Development & Employability
Month: January 2012
Canadian Community Colleges Successfully Lead to Employability
This article in the Washington post presents a stark contrast between our two nations with regard to the role of community colleges in preparing students for entry into the workforce: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/canadian-2-year-colleges-show-path-to-jobs/2012/01/25/gIQAkhtZaQ_story.html “Hugely popular for emphasizing practical skills that lead directly to careers, community colleges —… Continue Reading “Canadian Community Colleges Successfully Lead to Employability”
Book Review in International Educator
You can find my reviews in the International Educator magazine several times a year: http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nafsa/ie_20120102/index.php#/22 . This one is on integrating study abroad into the curriculum. The book challenges the traditional orthodoxy that study abroad, in and of itself, completes a campus strategy for internationalization.
Greek Economic Crisis Impacts Student Mobility
We have a sweet spot in our heart for Greece- our daughter studied abroad with College Year in Athens her Junior year at Penn. The gut-wrenching economic crisis has created tremendous unrest and hardship. And it has dramatically altered the future for Greek students:… Continue Reading “Greek Economic Crisis Impacts Student Mobility”
China to Evaluate College Majors by Employability Rates
In this post to the Wall Street Journal – http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2011/11/23/china-to-cancel-college-majors-that-dont-pay – we learn that China’s solution to the nagging issue of growing unemployment of college grads is simple: assess which majors do best in realizing employment for grads. Keep those and cancel the rest! China’s numbers… Continue Reading “China to Evaluate College Majors by Employability Rates”
“Cultural distance” Presents Problem in Finding Talent for MNCs in China
This interesting post from Wharton – http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=2903 – highlights the gap between the expansion of multinationals in China and the capacity of China’s education system (and ours) to prepare young professionals to meet the challenges of working in the country. The good news is the growth… Continue Reading ““Cultural distance” Presents Problem in Finding Talent for MNCs in China”
How global workforce development leverages opportunities for U.S.grads & Indian start-ups
Great to welcome in 2012 with an article in the Washington Post which speaks very directly to the inter-connections of global workforce development with U.S. higher education! See this piece at http://www.washingtonpost.com/rw/WashingtonPost/Content/Epaper/2012-01-01/Gx4.pdf. Here we see the new draw of high-tech start-ups in India for U.S.… Continue Reading “How global workforce development leverages opportunities for U.S.grads & Indian start-ups”
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