Tag: Career services

Latinx

Excelencia Report Highlights Best Practices in Preparing Latinx Students for Workforce

In a new report, Excelencia in Education analyzed how Hispanic Serving Institutions, which enroll over 65% of Latinx students, are strategically planning for workforce success.

July 9, 2020

Students

Can the Racial and Economic Justice Movement Help Advance Equity in Higher Education?

While still not universally embraced, there is a growing recognition that the Black Lives Matter movement cannot be ignored. This acknowledgement by some of the most unlikely individuals and institutions, like the National Football League, is a sign that change is afoot.

June 9, 2020

COVID-19

New Graduates Facing Difficult Job Market Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

Looking for a job after graduation is daunting enough, but searching for one amid an ongoing pandemic — during which 22 million Americans have applied for unemployment benefits — is foreign territory for graduates and employers alike. With the coronavirus closures continuing to tighten budgets all around, more and more companies are announcing hiring freezes, canceling summer internships and pushing back start dates. Worse, many businesses, still adjusting to their new remote realities, just aren’t prioritizing hiring at this point.

April 28, 2020

African-American

COVID-19 Comes to Campus: What Hurricane Katrina Tells Us About the Current Campus Crisis

We are living in pandemic pandemonium, where panic is the prevailing mode of operation. Every college and university is operating with all hands-on deck, altering their operational norms; the result is that campus employees—academics, practitioners, and leaders—are beyond exhausted. Yet, for those of us who have witnessed campuses in crisis, all of this feels eerily familiar. As two higher education professionals and scholars who worked on the ground through Hurricane Katrina and studied campus crisis response, we are extremely reflective and vigilant about how we move forward in this new reality.

March 25, 2020

Latest News

Study Focuses on Millennial’s Perceptions of their College Education

Dr. Larry Chiagouris, a professor of marketing at Pace University, recently unveiled his research on how millennials perceive their college education in terms of overall satisfaction and career preparedness.

December 3, 2019

Opinion

Ensuring Rural Students Succeed

Raised in rural central Illinois, my adjustment from rurality to a university campus packed with national and international diversity was eye-opening. As I acclimated to my alma mater, I noticed some of my early collegiate experiences differed from my suburban and urban classmates. The cosmopolitan environment subliminally told me my ruralness was inadequate compared to my non-rural peers.

May 25, 2018