Global Career Compass
Leveraging Education Abroad for Student Career Development & Employability
Category: Integration of Study Abroad & Career Service Advising
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….
On Increasing the Number & Diversity of Students Going Abroad in Future Generations
I’m sure you’re well aware of the ambitious initiative of IIE to support academic institutions in the United States with the goal of doubling the national number of students – from the current 300K to 600K – who study abroad by 2019. The Institute… Continue Reading “On Increasing the Number & Diversity of Students Going Abroad in Future Generations”
Closing the Expectation Gap Between Students & Employers
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 create a campus culture fully integrating… Continue Reading “Closing the Expectation Gap Between Students & Employers”
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