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Leveraging Education Abroad for Student Career Development & Employability
Category: Education Abroad & Global Workforce Development
Intelligence is NOT Enough
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 War, the assasinations of two Kennedy… Continue Reading “Intelligence is NOT Enough”
Higher Education and the Employability Agenda – A Global Perspective
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 contributors at – http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/The-Palgrave-International-Handbook-of-Higher-Education-Policy-and-Governance/?sf1=barcode&st1=9781137456168 This link only… Continue Reading “Higher Education and the Employability Agenda – A Global Perspective”
Closing the Expectation Gap Between Students and Employers
I’d welcome hearing from campus colleagues who have developed programs to close the gap! At martyjtillman@gmail.com
How Study Abroad Supports Graduate Employability
We’ve recently witnessed a spate of new books authored by policy wonks which aim to re-examine the mission of the university in the United States and whether we need to “unbundle” how we educate students. Their titles are provocative, like The End of College, and they consider rising tuition and debt which burden large numbers of students and their families. Although we’ve left the worst of the recession behind us –especially with a sharp rebound in the unemployment figures which always favor job seekers with college diplomas – there is a lot of attention being given to new thinking regarding the linkage of higher education to the global workforce and the so-called “return on investment” of a college education….
‘American Universities Are Addicted to Chinese Students’
Originally posted on An International Educator in Vietnam:
A startling number of Chinese students are getting kicked out of American colleges. According to a white paper published by WholeRen, a Pittsburgh-based consultancy, an estimated 8,000 students from China were expelled from universities and colleges…
Separate And Unequal Access to Higher Education & Impact on Equal Access to International Education
Originally posted on Global Career Compass:
This report in the Chronicle of Higher Education http://chronicle.com/blogs/conversation/2013/08/01/how-to-fight-growing-economic-and-racial-segregation-in-higher-ed/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en is very troubling to me. During the recession, I’ve had increasing concerns about the longstanding issue of unequal access to international educational experiences on campuses. We used to refer to…
Macroeconomics, Inequality & Study Abroad
Originally posted on Global Career Compass:
How do these come together? I’ve been thinking about this due to the surprising popularity of a new book by Thomas Pinketty called “Capital in the Twenty-first Century.” While I have not read it, I’ve heard him speak…
WHAT DOES RESEARCH HAVE TO DO WITH BUILDING CAREERS IN INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION?
Michael is a longtime colleague whose views on the role and function of research not only make sense but seem compelling to me – MJT Guest blog By Michael Smithee President, SmitheeAssociates Website: http://smitheeassociates.com/ Research rather than opinion Twenty years ago, advancing knowledge in… Continue Reading “WHAT DOES RESEARCH HAVE TO DO WITH BUILDING CAREERS IN INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION?”
Nepal Earthquake: How Can I Help?
Originally posted on accountabilitylab:
This blog post was originally published by The Center for High Impact Philanthropy. On Saturday, April 25, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Nepal, with additional tremors continuing throughout the last three days. Nearly 5,000 are already confirmed dead, with many thousands…
Graduating “Employable” Students
Originally posted on Global Career Compass:
I’ve just completed a new book chapter with Dr. Cheryl Matherly from the University of Tulsa, titled “Higher Education and the Employability Agenda.” It will come out in a textbook sometime this year (Palgrave) on Higher Education Policy…
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