Global Career Compass
Leveraging Education Abroad for Student Career Development & Employability
Category: Education Abroad & Global Workforce Development
Lisle International Global Seed Fund
This posting is a departure as it does not relate to any of my usual “categories.” However, it does relate to a 40-year commitment to the work of an American nonprofit called Lisle International [aka The Lisle Fellowship at its founding in 1936]…Lisle was… Continue Reading “Lisle International Global Seed Fund”
Purdue’s President Tauts a Selective Yale Academic Program as Means to…Break the Elitist Bubble for Students
When I read this opinion column of President Mitch Daniels in the Washington Post, https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/want-to-study-abroad-check-out-america/2019/03/11/8c5268a2-3492-11e9-af5b-b51b7ff322e9_story.html?utm_term=.78a22aaf179a, I was lost in a swirl of confusing thoughts. Could he really be citing a program (https://grandstrategy.yale.edu) which provided a two-month summer sojourn across America as an alternative model… Continue Reading “Purdue’s President Tauts a Selective Yale Academic Program as Means to…Break the Elitist Bubble for Students”
Resources Supporting Student Integration of Education Abroad Experience With Career Planning
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Since I began writing and speaking on this topic about thirteen years ago, there has been an uptick in research – both academic and by large companies – and by several large private study abroad organizatons, to examine…
New Research: Study Abroad Fosters “Clearer Sense of Self”
Two points to make: First, this study, https://hbr.org/2018/05/how-living-abroad-helps-you-develop-a-clearer-sense-of-self, appears in the Harvard Business Review which is not where I’d expect to find research on this topic; second, the five co-authors tested their hypothesis that “living abroad will increase self concept clarity across six studies… Continue Reading “New Research: Study Abroad Fosters “Clearer Sense of Self””
Resources Supporting Student Integration of Education Abroad Experience With Career Planning
Since I began writing and speaking on this topic about thirteen years ago, there has been an uptick in research – both academic and by large companies – and by several large private study abroad organizatons, to examine and reflect upon the importance of… Continue Reading “Resources Supporting Student Integration of Education Abroad Experience With Career Planning”
A brief, but spectacular, clip on closing the employability gap for students studying abroad – at 2016 IIE Generation Abroad Summit
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I do love the brief but spectacular segments on the PBS News Hour! Â https://twitter.com/InStudyAbroad/status/790588430770139136
An Update & A Promise…
Hello followers one and all. I’ve been quiet for awhile. However, I have been more active on LinkedIn and continue to report out interesting research and thought-pieces on my Twitter feed (are you there?). I was recently pleased that Global Career Compass was identified… Continue Reading “An Update & A Promise…”
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