A cross-functional team led by faculty integrated career readiness into the College of Liberal Arts at University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.

TAGS: best practices, faculty, competencies, liberal arts, journal

Temple’s career center held an event to illustrate the connection between career readiness competencies learned in General Education courses and careers.

TAGS: best practices, faculty, competencies, liberal arts, spotlight

The University of Nebraska at Omaha’s Academic & Career Development Center offers academic advising for students, and career services for students and alumni.

TAGS: best practices, operations, faculty, spotlight, career development, students, alumni

Richmond merged career services and alumni services to elevate career services, provide additional resources for students, and more deeply engage alumni.

TAGS: best practices, operations, faculty, spotlight, career development, alumni

NACE’s career services members recently offered ideas for making classroom presentations upbeat and interesting for students. See their suggestions.

TAGS: best practices, branding and marketing, faculty, spotlight

The guide provides faculty with information about the ethical and legal implications associated with referring students for internship and employment opportunities.

TAGS: faculty, ethics, principles

Internships are important, but colleges and universities need to ensure their educational value, and given the importance of internships in higher education, periodic review of the program is essential to ensure the best educational experience possible.

TAGS: internships, faculty, journal

Placing internship and co-op professionals in academic departments can give career services a leg up on promoting experiential education to faculty and students.

TAGS: internships, partnerships, faculty, journal

Can a career center prescreen candidates for an employer? Can a faculty member prescreen candidates for an employer? If the career center or faculty prescreen candidates they are acting as an employment agency, and the relevant laws that apply to an agency would apply to the center or faculty member.

TAGS: operations, faculty, candidate selection

This case study looks at how career center staff can address the ethical issues involved when faculty refer and rank students for employers.

TAGS: faculty, candidate selection, case study, ethics, references, principles