An architecture requires more than a collection of good programs. It requires connective tissue and clear responsibility for making opportunities visible and using evidence to improve the system. No single office needs to control this work, but the institution must take responsibility for the connections among its parts.
Bam! Also, imagine the learning records providing CRM data to allow Career Services and Alumni Association to make meaningful suggested connections...
Author Melissa A. Venable, Ph.D. has spent her career working in career development, technology and instructional design. The article outlines technology options for career professionals to use with distance learners and how to conduct an assessment to ensure needs are being met.
Rating: 5/10
This article is authored by Farouk Dey, formerly of Stanford University and currently the Vice Provost for Integrative Learning and Life Design at Johns Hopkins. Dey offers an overview of the transformation that college career services have gone through over the past 100 years and showcases 10 areas where career services will continue to change in the future, including the scope of how technology will allow for a wider reach.
Rating: 8/10