Factors related to a college student's career optimism and their perception of career services

Thompson, Dorothy A.; Dent, Heidi L.; Fine, Monica B.

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“…The potential of a rewarding employment through a placement cell is a major consideration for the students [ 191 , 204 ], especially for male [ 205 ]. Most ECs have placement offices whose mission it is to improve relations between industries and HEIs in order to better prepare their students for the employment [ 206 ]. Campus placements can be promoted through expanding employment prospects to improve employability skills [ 207 ] and accelerating industry-academia connections [ 204 ].…”

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‘College choice’ under the COVID-19 pandemic: Sustainability of engineering campuses for future enrollments

Mahajan,

Patil

2023

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Engineering profession for students and diverse students for Engineering Campuses (ECs) is the prestige to have for both. Worldwide higher education has been impacted by COVID-19 pandemic, but particularly pulling padlocked doors of Indian engineering campuses (ECs) down. Students’ attitudes regarding choice, liking, and preferences were also affected. Knowing how tough ’college choice’ was before the pandemic, one can guess how difficult it will be today. The objective of this study was to explore students’ perceptions of choice characteristics related to ECs and diverse students enabling choice decisions under the COVID-19 situation, and to discover any possible relationships among them. Research questions were qualitatively examined with the statistical confirmation of related hypothesizes by utilizing ANOVA and Regression analysis. A self-reported quantitative survey composed of a closed-ended structured questionnaire was administered on the students of first-year engineering who had recently enrolled in ECs of North Maharashtra Region of India, after pandemic hitting India. According to the study, ECs have several characteristics impacting students’ selection of ECs under pandemic. The influence of proximity, image and reputation, educational quality, and curriculum delivery was significant in contributing sustainability of ECs. This influence was significant across students’ psychological and behavioural biases on likes, choices, and preferences. Furthermore, multiple relationships were noted within the sub-groups of demographic, geographic, socioeconomic, academic performance, and psychological and behavioural traits due to the impact of ECs’ characteristics on sustainability. The study has provided a framework for policymakers and administrators to strengthen repositioning towards sustainability while capturing potentially diverse enrolments. Even if we have to coexist with pandemic forever or with more similar pandemics, the findings of this study may undergo a fundamental transformation for ECs (existing and forthcoming). On the other hand, by understanding the importance and relations of choice characteristics may smoothen the complex nature of "college choice" for prospective students.

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‘College choice’ under the COVID-19 pandemic: Sustainability of engineering campuses for future enrollments

Mahajan,

Patil

2023

PLoS ONE

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“…Employers also stand to benefit from career services units that prepare students to be ready for success after graduation (Dumas, 2018;Finley, 2021;Healy et al, 2022;D. Jackson & Wilton, 2017;Thompson et al, 2022). Employers will enjoy a broader pool of qualified applicants for open positions, mitigating the current "skills gap" between employers' needs and graduates' abilities (Craig, 2019;Irvine & Morris, 2016;Hora, 2019;Moore & Morton, 2017;The Economist, 2014).…”

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Managing organizational change in career services units

Merry

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This study examines how leaders of career services units manage organizational change to meet the evolving needs of their internal and external stakeholders. These leaders are increasingly required to spearhead significant changes within their teams and across their institutions to adapt to rapid changes in the higher education sector and the workforce. One-on-one semi-structured interviews were conducted with 17 leaders of career services units at 4-year institutions in the United States who had recently managed an organizational change process. General Inductive Analysis was used to code transcripts of these interviews and identify major themes and associated subthemes. The five major themes found in the data were: 1) identifying the motivations for organizational change, 2) gaining buyin from internal stakeholders, 3) developing and communicating a vision for change, 4) supporting direct reports through the change process, and 5) defining and measuring success. This study suggests that career service leaders are productively employing change management strategies to secure support from senior leadership, generate buy-in from faculty, and manage the experiences of their direct reports. The findings also indicate that these leaders are aware of the importance of a strong vision and a data management strategy for organizational change, but that they often had difficulty enacting these to their fullest potential. The study closes with recommendations for how career services leaders can benefit from learning more about the field of change management and applying its tenets to their organizational change efforts.

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Üniversite Kariyer Merkezi Algı Ve Memnuniyet Ölçeğinin Geliştirilmesi Ve Uygulanması

NAZLI,

YAVUZ

2023

Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi

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Bu çalışmanın amacı, üniversite öğrencilerinin üniversite kariyer merkezi algı ve memnuniyetlerini değerlendirebilecek bir ölçme aracı geliştirerek, bu alandaki eksikliği gidermektir. Bu araştırmanın evrenini, Türkiye’nin yedi farklı bölgesinden seçilmiş yedi devlet üniversitesi oluşturmaktadır. Bu araştırmanın örnekleminde ise, yedi üniversiteden ankete katılan 549 İİBF (İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi), İktisat ve İşletme Bölümü öğrencisi yer almaktadır. Söz konusu ölçeklerin geliştirilme sürecinde ilk olarak, ilgili alan yazın taranmıştır. Daha sonra ise Türkiye ve yurt dışındaki üniversitelerin kariyer merkezi faaliyetleri, kariyer merkezlerinin web sayfalarından incelenmiştir. Edinilen bilgiler doğrultusunda, ölçek için madde havuzu oluşturulmuştur. Akabinde, bu sorularla ilgili bir pilot çalışma gerçekleştirilerek, üniversite öğrencilerinden ve uzmanlardan sorulara ilişkin görüş talep edilmiştir. Bazı sorular çıkarıldıktan sonra 13 algı, 13 memnuniyet olmak üzere toplam 26 maddelik iki farklı taslak ölçek oluşturulmuştur. Bu çalışmada ölçek maddelerinin tespiti için açıklayıcı ve doğrulayıcı faktör analizi yapılmış, ölçeklere ait iç tutarlılık Cronbach’s Alfa Katsayısı ile incelenmiştir. Tüm analizler neticesinde, ölçek çalışmalarının geçerli ve güvenilir olduğu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. (Bu araştırma için 20.06.2022 tarihli, 953423 sayılı yazı ile İstanbul Üniversitesi Sosyal ve Beşeri Bilimler Araştırmaları Etik Kurulu’ndan izin alınmıştır).

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Factors related to a college student's career optimism and their perception of career services

Cited by 3 publications

References 65 publications

‘College choice’ under the COVID-19 pandemic: Sustainability of engineering campuses for future enrollments

‘College choice’ under the COVID-19 pandemic: Sustainability of engineering campuses for future enrollments

Managing organizational change in career services units

Üniversite Kariyer Merkezi Algı Ve Memnuniyet Ölçeğinin Geliştirilmesi Ve Uygulanması

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