Life After College

In the career readiness portion of Inside Higher Ed’s annual Student Voice survey, most students say they’re stressed about life after college—but also confident about their future success. Students are “meh” on career centers but enthusiastic about finding internships.

Two-year college students are less likely to have paid internship experiences compared to their four-year peers. Community and institutional partnerships can provide additional opportunities for this population.

A business professor at Miami University in Ohio encourages learners to use generative artificial intelligence tools to complete coursework, which he says prepares them for their future careers.

A collaboration between Ernst & Young and the Alamo Colleges District in Texas helped meet a local workforce need for accountants and placed students, regardless of major, in competitive jobs for future career mobility.

The community college will support students with intellectual and developmental disabilities with career readiness skills and certification for increased employment opportunities.

A new initiative from Jobs for the Future includes career development in humanities and liberal arts coursework at three community colleges to aid graduates’ career outcomes.

Students who receive timely information, support and personalized help are more likely to land a job that requires a college degree, but only one in five students receives this kind of support, according to new research from Strada.

Researchers from the University of Iowa find, due to grade inflation and other differences between academic and work behavior, GPA has lost predictive validity for job performance among college graduates.