This page features Chronicle articles and videos about the path from college to work, innovative programs that give students real-world experience, and other topics to supplement the report.
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NewsWhat Gets Forgotten in Debates About the Liberal Arts
Career success for humanities majors doesn’t always depend on what those disciplines taught you. Sometimes, where you come from and what college you attended are what counts. -
News
How Real-World Learning Could Help People Compete With Machines
Joseph Aoun, president of Northeastern University, says colleges must change how they educate for a work force dominated by automation. -
News
Over Time, Humanities Grads Close the Pay Gap With Professional Peers
A new study suggests that opportunities abound for liberal-arts majors with flexible career aspirations. -
Curriculum
What Students Can Learn From Workplace Hierarchies
Academe tends to allow students to dress as they please, to question authority, and to speak freely. Some preprofessional institutions, though, provide students a place in the pecking order that may prepare them better for jobs. -
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News
An Educational ‘Booster Shot’ for America’s Labor Force
Van Ton-Quinlivan, vice chancellor for work-force and economic development in the California Community Colleges system, says colleges need to form partnerships with employers to help “stranded workers” get back into the job market. -
Community Colleges
Ads Spell Out What Career and Technical Education Really Is — and Who It’s For
To attract a generation of students, colleges try to shift outdated perceptions of a pathway to promising jobs. -
News
Preparing the Neediest for Work
When low-income students enter the work force, they often lack the built-in advantages of their wealthy peers. Can colleges fill the gap? -
News
Why Colleges Need to Embrace the Apprenticeship
Apprenticeships are no longer an alternative to the college path but a supplement that prepares students for careers while they earn a degree. -
News
Career Services in the Classroom
Susan Sandler Brennan, associate vice president for career services at Bentley University, describes how Bentley’s career office created a course to help prepare students for the world of work, and what traits she is looking for in career counselors. -
On Leadership
Busting the Art-School Myths
Graduates of the Massachusetts College of Art and Design often buck the perception that an art-school degree is a disadvantage in the job market. -
Students
When Vocational Education Spurs Students to Strive for College
At a rural high school in Washington State, courses like electronics and exercise science engage rather than divert students. -
Campus Culture
Inside Startup U: How Stanford Develops Entrepreneurial Students
The university, entwined with Silicon Valley, develops innovative students with a synergy that has been summarized as “one plus one equals four.” -
News
Helping Students Navigate Paths to a Job, and Beyond
Colleges’ career centers need to reposition themselves to be more effective, says Michael Sciola, associate vice president for institutional advancement and career initiatives at Colgate University. -
Administration
Now Everyone’s an Entrepreneur
Colleges are teaching undergraduates how to be self-starters. But what does that really mean? -
Administration
The ‘Maker Movement’ Goes to College
Institutions gamble on free-for-all tool shops as engines of entrepreneurship. -
Student Affairs
A College Puts Students to Work, for Their Future and Its Own
Paul Quinn College, in Dallas, is the first urban institution to adopt the work-college model, in which students’ labor both educates them and keeps the campus going. -
Students
Want a College Experience That Matters? Get to Work.
Both liberal-arts values and job training beyond the campus have a place in undergraduate education, as some colleges are showing. -
Service Learning
Students Go Into the Consulting Business for Cities
Students at the U. of Oregon, acting as consultants, test ways to help nearby cities. The idea is spreading.
