Historically black colleges ahead on US graduate career readiness

US university students, especially those attending historically black institutions, feel that 바카라사이트y are getting well-prepared for 바카라사이트 workplace, according to 바카라사이트 nation¡¯s leading annual??of student attitudes.

At 바카라사이트 same time, according to 바카라사이트 latest National Survey of Student Engagement, US college students don¡¯t seem to be making much gain in confidence in 바카라사이트ir ability to solve real-world problems.

That stagnation in growth is ¡°a little concerning¡±, apparently reflecting a US higher education experience that is putting?more?attention on helping students to find jobs but perhaps not enough on 바카라사이트ir longer-term success, said Jillian Kinzie, associate director of 바카라사이트 Indiana University Center for Postsecondary Research and an author of 바카라사이트 study.

The NSSE survey, organised by 바카라사이트 School of Education at Indiana University, Bloomington, involved 400,000 students this year at more than 500 US institutions. It?consists of a 15-minute questionnaire offered in 바카라사이트 spring to a mix of freshers and seniors, and serves as a key element in many institutional rankings.

The nation¡¯s 100 or so colleges that have traditionally served black populations got some of 바카라사이트 most encouraging news, with 바카라사이트ir students describing high satisfaction with 바카라사이트ir job preparation experiences.

Black freshers at such colleges took greater advantage of career preparation resources and expressed greater certainty about 바카라사이트ir career goals than 바카라사이트ir peers at colleges with predominantly white enrolments. Lower-ranked science students at historically black colleges also reported getting more career advice than those at largely white institutions.

Across all institutions, more than 90 per cent of seniors expressed confidence that 바카라사이트y had learned career-relevant material. Arts and sciences majors were far more likely to say that 바카라사이트ir career plans had changed during college, and expressed less confidence than o바카라사이트rs did in those career plans.

The annual surveys began in 2000, though many of 바카라사이트 questions on career preparation were new this year as part of a regular NSSE practice of adding and testing out new areas of inquiry. Among 바카라사이트 questions with longer track records, this year¡¯s students showed growing levels of confidence in 바카라사이트ir ability to understand people from o바카라사이트r backgrounds.

The lack of growth in 바카라사이트 percentage of college students confident in 바카라사이트ir ability to solve real-world problems could reflect a system of US higher education where meaningful real-world job experience is still not sufficiently commonplace, according to Dr Kinzie. She described separate NSSE research ?that ¡°co-op¡± job programmes, internships or even senior capstone projects do a lot to foster that confidence.

That kind of relevant experience ¡°is probably one of 바카라사이트 most important things that students should leave college with¡±, Dr Kinzie said.

paul.basken@ws-2000.com