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Bridge the college‐to‐career gap with focused initiatives
Author(s) -
Sutton Halley
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
dean and provost
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1943-7587
pISSN - 1527-6562
DOI - 10.1002/dap.30428
Subject(s) - workforce , bridge (graph theory) , curriculum , workforce development , career development , medical education , public relations , political science , psychology , engineering , pedagogy , medicine , law
SAN DIEGO — Career services should help to serve as the bridge between your students' academic present and their professional future, but do your career services actually help your students? According to a survey conducted by the California Community Colleges System, only 17 percent of CCCS students who used the career services available at their campus found them helpful. With the CCCS looking to create 1 million skilled workers for the state, the initiative to create the Strong Workforce Program, which targets outcomes in areas of student success, along with other measures of quality in curriculum, regional collaboration, and career pathways, was born.