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Bridge the college‐to‐career gap with more focused initiatives
Author(s) -
Sutton Halley
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
recruiting and retaining adult learners
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2155-6458
pISSN - 2155-644X
DOI - 10.1002/nsr.30324
Subject(s) - bridge (graph theory) , workforce , curriculum , medical education , public relations , quality (philosophy) , career development , political science , engineering , sociology , business , pedagogy , medicine , philosophy , epistemology , 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.