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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. The report also notes requiring ongoing career advisement and formalizing the mentorship experience. We need metrics to ensure that the onus of social capital isn’t on students,” Collins said.

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Bridging the Gap From Education to Employment

The University Innovation Alliance

Lack of adequate career preparation can be especially harmful to students from low-income backgrounds seeking to expand their career options and increase their lifelong earning potential through college education. They want to provide career readiness in deep, meaningful ways, especially to students who need it most.

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New Report Shows Pandemic Negatively Impacted “Gen P’s” Interest in College

EAB

Highlight career services and opportunities for internships and job placement. For more information, please visit [link]. Build strong relationships with community-based organizations, which can serve as a vital connection point between colleges and underserved students.

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Is Your Institution ‘Gen P’ Ready?

EAB

. --> According to our survey, students increasingly value work experience, job placement, and career outcomes in higher education. Additionally, students prioritize affordability and career preparation in their ideal college experience. This trend started before the pandemic and has grown in recent years.

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Are you prepared to recruit ‘Gen P’?

EAB

Be sure to highlight features that most interest families, including information on job placement, internships, and career services. Insight #2: Mental health concerns are shaping Gen P’s college search. As we’ve all likely seen or at least heard, the pandemic took a big toll on teen mental health nationally.

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Can't Stop, Won't Stop

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As career services professionals who work or have worked in Texas, this has impacted us deeply that such a heavily populated minoritized state would pass legislation that could hurt the very citizens the state strives to elevate within their workforce agendas.