If you live and work around higher education, by now you’ve heard about ChatGPT, the generative AI bot developed by the nonprofit OpenAI to fundamentally change the way we write. Give it a simple...
Exploring new year, new semester changes? Your students are too. Harness that.
I am a sucker for new beginnings. The new year, with a new semester, offers an opportunity to reflect on what is going well and what I’d like to do better—and an opportunity to make to make some...
Do Your Students Take Your Career Assessment Then Say, So... Now What?
I originally published this blog in Jan of 2022. One year later , it's even more relevant today. Let's stop assessing students and start really guiding them.
4 Ways PathwayU Stands Out From Other Career Guidance Platforms
Given the statistics of student enrollment, retention, and feelings about the cost of education, universities now find themselves competing for students and striving to deliver a more relevant...
Let's Democratize Access To Career Services
In the 2005 trend-defining The World is Flat, futurist Thomas Friedman touted one of the primary benefits of technology – democratizing access to services. While college students attending college on...
Worried about enrollment numbers? Keep the students you have.
Enrollment is on every college administrator’s mind these days. A demographic cliff is approaching–and no university is truly safe. This predicted drop in the number of college-bound students will be...
Turn “Soft Skills” Into Superpowers
As career development professionals, we’ve seen enough research, and heard enough anecdotes to know that so-called “soft” or transferable skills are a must for any employer. Convincing our students...
Make Your On-Campus Jobs More Impactful
On-campus student employment has been a hot topic in career centers across the country in recent years. As the responsibility for these programs has shifted within many institutions from financial...
How PathwayU Is More Than A Career Assessment
PathwayU schools understand that the PathwayU platform is not just an assessment for students, but an educational support tool for career development professionals, faculty, academic advisors, and...