Kelley,
There are great suggestions of ways to do that not only on the thread but in the course as well. Which approach do you think you'll attempt first?
Ann Cross
I think this is a great idea and an important one. I will encourage our Career Services to get actively involved more with the student from the very beginning and not to wait until they are Seniors.
Veronica,
This is a great example of an institutional best practice that I have seen work first hand!
Ann Cross
Our department CS frequently meets with the administration and conduct workshops for them and we highlight the importance of our graduates sucess. I find this to be positve energy because if you really care and have a student you have known for month and you see that person coming to school and even struggle to get by...the student grows on you, why wouldn't you want to be involved in that person sucess.
The way the buy in is measured is by conducting meeting with head departments and explain how students sucess is everyone responsability. I know our company conducts monthly call-a-thons for our grads and we recruit staff from other departments, and we work together and the goal is to reach out and engage to all of our graduate sometimes hearing a different voice or talking to another individual can make a graduate more confortable. Once the administration understands this concept then is easy for the rest of the staff to follow. At the end of the day we have a commitment and moral obligation to our graduates.
Veronica,
How do you measure this? In other words, how do you know that everyone has buy-in around the concept that the students employability is everyone's responsibility, not just Career Services?
Ann Cross
