Global Career Compass
Leveraging Education Abroad for Student Career Development & Employability
Category: Linking Education & Employability
New Grads & Employability- Campuses and Employers Need to Talk
What I liked about this recent story in the NY Times, http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/29/your-money/a-quest-to-make-college-graduates-employable.html?smid=li-share&_r=0, is that it very clearly points to a central conundrum facing both students, campuses and employers: who is responsible for what? What is the value-proposition that campuses place before students and their families when… Continue Reading “New Grads & Employability- Campuses and Employers Need to Talk”
Featured Consultant: Elspeth Jones, UK International Educator
I’d like to call attention to the body of research and writing of Prof. Elspeth Jones. Until July 2011, she was Professor of the Internationalization of Higher Education and International Dean at Leeds Metropolitan University. She has focused on a great many themes of… Continue Reading “Featured Consultant: Elspeth Jones, UK International Educator”
Employability, Education Abroad & False Choices
According to data collected from the International Institute of Education (IIE), only 274,000 students out of more than 20 million enrolled in post-secondary education studied abroad in 2010-11. Read that statistic again. I decided to take a step back to consider whom we are… Continue Reading “Employability, Education Abroad & False Choices”
NAFSA Webinar: Helping Students Translate Study Abroad to the Job Search
I’ll be presenting along with my colleagues Dr. Vera Chapman, Colgate University and Curtiss Oneil Stevens, University of Texas at Austin. Register Now: Tuesday, May 07, 2013, 3:00-4:30 PM EST http://nafsa.org/Attend_Events/Webinars/Helping_Students_Translate__Study_Abroad__for_the_Job_Search/ Research indicates employers broadly value the knowledge and skills gained through international experiences. Yet students… Continue Reading “NAFSA Webinar: Helping Students Translate Study Abroad to the Job Search”
Students Do Not Connect Study Abroad Experience to Employability & Employers Expect Higher Education Institutions to Help Make the Connection
Two recent surveys help explain the quandry employers have found themselves in for several years when it comes to the mismatch between their need for talent and the recent graduates they interview, who may have international experience on their resumes, but who cannot make… Continue Reading “Students Do Not Connect Study Abroad Experience to Employability & Employers Expect Higher Education Institutions to Help Make the Connection”
Is College the Wrong Place to Prepare for Work?
I’m thinking about this question as the Chronicle of Higher Education writes about a piece reviewed in the NY Times: http://chronicle.com/blogs/next/2013/02/21/are-career-oriented-majors-a-waste-of-a-4-year-higher-education/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en One-third of new programs [created at four year institutions] in the last decade were added in just two broad fields: health professions… Continue Reading “Is College the Wrong Place to Prepare for Work?”
Importance of College for Rural Family in China: “…Only Knowledge Changes Your Fate”
I was very moved by this story in the NY Times which chronicles the sacrifice of a rural family to allow their only child to apply to college: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/17/business/in-china-families-bet-it-all-on-a-child-in-college.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 You can see a slide show here: Rural Chinese Family Sacrifices to Send Child to College But… Continue Reading “Importance of College for Rural Family in China: “…Only Knowledge Changes Your Fate””
What Should Be the Focus of Higher Education?
There has been an enormous uptick in story lines – in all media formats – which attempt to unravel the mysterious linkage between education and employment or “employability.” I’ve covered a lot of those stories in my blog and more appear daily. I think… Continue Reading “What Should Be the Focus of Higher Education?”
A College Degree, Job Status & Getting Your Hands Dirty
This is not about our society looking down its nose at working class jobs. No, it is about China’s college grads and, as the NY Times reports, http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/25/business/as-graduates-rise-in-china-office-jobs-fail-to-keep-up.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0, why most urban-educated students do not want to take advantage of the over supply of factory jobs.… Continue Reading “A College Degree, Job Status & Getting Your Hands Dirty”
Will MOOCs Democratize Skills Development for All?
As this Economist essay points out, the global reach of online classes is expanding opportunity around the world, but, especially for those with both access to online education, and the ability to take lessons in English: http://www.economist.com/news/international/21568738-online-courses-are-transforming-higher-education-creating-new-opportunities-best. So what does this mean? On the one… Continue Reading “Will MOOCs Democratize Skills Development for All?”
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