Ep. 131: Bipartisan Alignment Around Workforce Training
The topic is a rare area of consensus for policymakers in the states and at the federal level.
One university seeks to close equity gaps through intentional professional development for student workers.
Internships are a high-impact practice that can provide students with valuable career skills, a professional network and on-the-job experience, but not every student has the opportunity to participate. A recent report found of the 8.2 million students who wanted to intern in 2023, close to half didn’t participate in one. Many of these students are from historically marginalized groups, including first-generation, low-income, community college students and students of color.
The University of New Hampshire launched Campus-2-Career in 2022, a campus-wide program that equips students with career competencies through their on-campus work positions.
In this episode, Gretchen Heaton, associate vice provost for career and professional success and high impact practices at the University of New Hampshire, discusses how UNH is increasing rich work-based learning opportunities through intentional professional development.
Hosted by Inside Higher Ed Student Success reporter Ashley Mowreader. Read a transcript of the podcast here.
This episode is sponsored by KI.
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