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Brown University Launches Revamped and Expanded Career Services Center

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In addition to re-imagined career advising, the new center will spur significant growth in support from our extended Brown community of alumni and families. They play a vital role in contributing both their job opportunities and their experiences as mentors, opening new paths for successful lives and careers for our students.”

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Are institutions leveraging their alumni to their full potential? Here’s how they can

University Business

Alumni love their school , and they regularly show it by contributing greatly to their alma mater’s fundraising campaigns. “When a school actually works with their alumni, it allows the programs to highlight their success organically. Here are several ways active alumni can boost an institution’s overall success.

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5 career services to support your professional and adult learners

EAB

Blogs 5 career services to support your professional and adult learners Build these services to aid your current students and stand out to prospects Career services are going to be especially important to your graduate and adult students in 2024.

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Report Emphasizes the Importance of Professional Social Capital

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Also, Black managers are 65% more likely to progress in their careers if they have a sponsor. This includes peer-to-peer mentoring as well as connection to alumni. The report also notes requiring ongoing career advisement and formalizing the mentorship experience.

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College leaders refocus attention on their students’ top priority: Jobs after graduation - Jon Marcus, Hechinger Report

Ray Schroeder

It’s an example of the new attention being devoted to career services by universities — even top universities, whose students likely won’t have trouble finding jobs — as consumer demand gets louder for a tangible return on investment for a degree.

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Four ways for career centers to engage students

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The National Association of Colleges and Employers’ 2022 Student Survey found that graduating seniors who used career center services received more job offers on average, compared to their peers who did not. Create career services champions across campus. Translate coursework into career preparation.

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Applicants have spoken. Will colleges listen? 

University Business

Equally important is creating a supportive campus environment with resources for student success including campus engagement, tutoring, mentor programs, career services and physical and mental health services. Institutions should also consider how they are presenting students and alumni on their websites.