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Closing the Expectation Gap Between Students & Employers
Originally posted on Global Career Compass:
On the NAFSA: Association of International Educators blog page, I wrote: http://blog.nafsa.org/2015/04/24/closing-the-expectation-gap-between-students-employers/ Overview of results from a January 2015 survey by the Association of American Colleges & Universities pointing to need for all campuses to creatively innovate and…
What is the purpose of a “higher”education in the 21st century?
A UK perspective, https://www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/its-time-rethink-what-social-mobility-means, by Graeme Atherton: head of AccessHE and director of the National Education Opportunities Network. His new book, The Success Paradox: why we need a holistic theory of social mobility, is published by Polity Press. He writes: “Concentrating solely on economic… Continue Reading “What is the purpose of a “higher”education in the 21st century?”
Intelligence is NOT Enough
Originally posted on Global Career Compass:
I’m going to try to pull together my thoughts this day following on the horrific attacks in Paris. I’ve been an international educator for over 40 years. I’ve had to make sense of 60s student protests, the Vietnam…
Why Don’t Students Understand The Linkage Between Study Abroad & Employability?
The short answer is–I don’t know and I’m not sure there are easy ways to expain why. Last week, along with my colleague, Dr. Vera Chapman, Associate Director of Career Services at Colgate University, we conducted a webinar for NACE (National Association of Colleges… Continue Reading “Why Don’t Students Understand The Linkage Between Study Abroad & Employability?”
The Art of Being Human & “Value” of a College Education
Originally posted on Global Career Compass:
This essay is a time-out for me. I’ve been speaking about the need for students to become more savvy about how to link their international education experiences to their aspirations for employment for a long time. Titles in…
Higher Education and the Employability Agenda – A Global Perspective
Originally posted on Global Career Compass:
Dr. Cheryl Matherly and I have co-authored a chapter (Part Two, Chapter 16) on this topic in the just released Palgrave International Handbook of Higher Education Policy and Governance. You can review the book’s contents and see all…
Black Students Studying Abroad & “The Next Great Migration”
Originally posted on Global Career Compass:
This may be the most controversial title & theme I’ve ever written about. But it is not my idea, rather, it is the title of an op-ed in the Sunday New York Times of March 1, 2015, by…
Internationalization of Career Services at German Universities: Part II of III
Guest post by Jerome Rickmann https://de.linkedin.com/in/jérôme-rickmann-4b992354/en Director, International Talent Acquisition & Project Development EBC Hochschule (a private multi-campus business school in Berlin) In my last guest post, I described how German higher education institutions approach the internationalization of their career services mainly from an… Continue Reading “Internationalization of Career Services at German Universities: Part II of III”
A Global Kumbaya Moment: “We’ve Got the Whole World at University…Is It Worth It?
Originally posted on Global Career Compass:
Leave it to those UK editors at The Economist! The special report in the March 28 issue: http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21646985-american-model-higher-education-spreading-it-good-producing-excellence is an excellent overview , on a global scale, of the impact of massification of the higher education industry. While crediting the…
Internationalization of Career Services at German Universities: Part I of III
A Guest Post by Jerome Rickmann Director, International Talent Acquisition & Project Development EBC Hochschule (a private multi-campus business school in Berlin) I’m very pleased to have Jerome begin a three-part post on internationization of career services at German universities. We met at… Continue Reading “Internationalization of Career Services at German Universities: Part I of III”
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