I got my degree. Now what?
Categories: Business
Getting a degree doesn’t mean getting a job. Millennials’ expectations for their careers aren’t realistic, but whose fault is that? Ours? Or our Baby Boomers parents? And what steps can we take to get results on the job hunt?
A Call for a New Education System
Categories: Education Week
By Adam Di Stefano The education system is broken. The way I see it, there are three potential purposes for education: To help kids find the right path for themselves. To help kids prepare for their careers. To teach kids about the world generally so that they’re prepared for whatever comes next. In my case, [...]
We Know The Answers, But Do We Have The Questions?
Categories: Education Week
By Carlee Mallard A Pew Research Center study shows that Millenials are on their way to becoming the most educated generation in history, meaning that more of us are graduating with undergraduate and graduate level degrees than any other generation. This means that more of us have formal education and training. What this doesn’t mean [...]
From Mechanical Engineering to Happiness
Categories: Education Week
By Kate Vander Wiede I started off college majoring in Aerospace Engineering because I love space and astronomy was “impractical”. (AKA, prospects of being paid significant portions of money out in the real world were slim.) I soon switched to mechanical engineering, unsatisfied with the more rigorous program that ‘aeros’ had to follow—one that required too [...]
What Did You Get Out Of College?
Categories: Education Week
School’s out forever. School’s out for summer. School’s out with fever. School’s out completely… -Alice Cooper This time every year, I get excited. I start to see the light at the end of the tunnel. I try my best not to over-worry about final exams, papers and projects, and instead focus on what is sure [...]
Cap, Gown, Unemployment Check
Categories: Business
After graduating in 2008, I fell into a job market experiencing historic constraints. Along with fellow graduates, I limped through the hiring process. I e-mailed dozens of resumes to companies both within my graduated industry and outside with nearly no success, no scheduled interviews and no prospects. It was not until more than sixteen months [...]
Degrees To Go – College In Three
Categories: Business
By my junior year of college, I was getting tired of sitting in a classroom. I was doing real reporting for stories that got a good grade, but just sat on my computer after that, without a chance to get published. I was in my second semester of an amazing internship that let me write [...]
