Global Career Compass
Leveraging Education Abroad for Student Career Development & Employability
Month: September 2014
Erasmus “Impact Study” Confirms Boost in Employability & Job Mobility- Who Gains?
On its face, this new research study affirms the importance of the scheme for student career development and their short-term employability: http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-14-534_en.htm. My colleagues in the U.S. often ask me to cite research which does support – i.e, “justifies – the emphasis I place on… Continue Reading “Erasmus “Impact Study” Confirms Boost in Employability & Job Mobility- Who Gains?”
Ebola, Justice, and Liberia’s New Fight
Originally posted on accountabilitylab:
By: Brooks Marmon, Accountability Lab. This post was originally published by Huffington Post. In May, I moved to Liberia — a country with which I have close personal ties and with which I became deeply acquainted while researching its history…
On the Mission of the University
When I attended grad school in the late 60s, the student protest movement against the Vietnam War largely pushed those of us interested in working in higher education administration to [re]examine the mission or purpose of the university. The draft meant that you HAD… Continue Reading “On the Mission of the University”
News Flash: New Economy Will Not Embrace Entitlement
Originally posted on Global Career Compass:
The title of this post is a paraphrase of a quote by Phil Gardner, director of the Michigan State Collegiate Employment Research Institute, in a piece in the Nov. 20 Chronicle of Higher Education by Justin Doubleday (only…
How Studying Abroad Boosts Employability of Students with Disabilities
Originally posted on Global Career Compass:
MIUSA, http://www.miusa.org, has played an important and singular role in widening awareness of and supporting opportunity for those with disabilities to participate in education abroad programs. Guest Post by Michele Scheib Mobility International USA One of the disability community’s…
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