How to do a better job of preparing students for life after college

Career centers haven’t been very effective, surveys show, but some colleges are trying to shift the status quo.There have been many public critiques from academe, industry, and others of how colleges and universities fail to sufficiently help students prepare for their post-­college lives and career...

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Published inThe Chronicle of higher education Vol. 64; no. 3; p. A35
Main Author Peltz, Mark
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington Chronicle of Higher Education, Inc 15.09.2017
Chronicle of Higher Education
Subjects
Career Centers
Career Development
Career development planning
Careers
College campuses
College graduates
Colleges & universities
Employers
Experiential Learning
Higher education
Internships
Learner Engagement
Learning
Mentoring
Methods
Students
Surveys
Universities
Vocational guidance
United States
United States > US
Chicago Illinois
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Summary:Career centers haven’t been very effective, surveys show, but some colleges are trying to shift the status quo.There have been many public critiques from academe, industry, and others of how colleges and universities fail to sufficiently help students prepare for their post-­college lives and careers. Some of these critiques are not only valid but unsurprising.Significantly, the most recent edition of the Gallup-Purdue Index, an annual survey of college graduates, found that just 17 percent of students who graduated between 2010 and 2016 considered their institutions’ career centers "very helpful." While some interpretations of the poll’s disparaging data have been offered, broader cultural conditions have gone unexamined.
ISSN:0009-5982
1931-1362