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Students Want Proof College Pays Off. These States Are Responding.
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Across the country, the public is demanding proof that college pays off; and higher education leaders, to their credit, are responding. The value conversation—once an undercurrent in policy debates—is now at the center of nearly every discussion about the future of postsecondary education.
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Their Words, Their Worries: A Grounded Look at Career Readiness From the Student Perspective
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This article shares early findings from a three-year study on how students define and experience communication readiness as they prepare for the workforce. The research, grounded in a redesigned organizational communication capstone course, highlights student-identified concerns—including conflict, identity, emotional labor, and workplace ambiguity—that are often overlooked in traditional career preparation. Rather than viewing communication as a polished skill set, students called for more adaptive, relational, and ethically grounded support.
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How UCF Career Services is Elevating On-Campus Student Employment Through Work+
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At the University of Central Florida, on-campus jobs are more than a paycheck for students — they’re a launchpad for key career skills.
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Mind the Skills Gap: The Data CEOs and Parents Can’t Ignore Before the Next Tuition Bill
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What NACE’s 2024 surveys reveal about the real cost of ‘job-ready’ hype—and the AI tools that can help schools, employers, and parents close the gap before it swallows another graduating class.
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The Gap in Perceptions of New Grads’ Competency Proficiency and Resources to Shrink It
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There is a clear and persistent disconnect between how students and employers perceive students’ development of the competencies they need to be career ready as they enter the workforce, according to research by NACE.
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BGSU student workers: building careers and supporting campus
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Student employees make up nearly 40% of the university’s workforce, according to recent data from the Office of Human Resources and Student Employment Services (SES).

BGSU relies on the 1,492 students who work in 100 different departments across campus, many of whom play a vital role in maintaining the university’s operations—all while still attending classes.
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2024 Career Leadership Award Winners
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These awards celebrate unique and impactful career development initiatives that are related to at least one of the following: scaling career development or employer relations, using career data effectively, embedding career development into the campus ecosystem, DEI in career services, faculty

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VCU joining national Work+Collective to enhance on-campus student employment
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Virginia Commonwealth University is one of 12 institutions nationwide selected to participate in the Work+Collective, an initiative focused on enhancing the on-campus student employee experience.
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More than a paycheck: ASU reimagines the student-worker experience
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Arizona State University is reimagining the student-work experience to make it more valuable and to help Sun Devils on their career path.

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