Research Paper for Publication Job placement rates are essential indicators for technical colleges. The indicators make administrators aware of student success and their transition from the respective program of study to gainful employment. Moreover, given the complexity of job placement, it is understandable why the integrating of possible job placement practices in technical colleges is such a challenge for administrators. Consequently, the inability of technical colleges in the United States to reach its job placement rate does not offer for these institutions a sustainable path. Finding solutions to address this problem is essential to increase enrollment and to produce graduates that will meet the demands of industry. Ultimately, eradicating …show more content…
Colleges must prepare students for future work. Thus, these institutions must prepare their graduates to meet industry demands. There are institutional benefits to career preparedness, as such, school must see job placement as a platform. The focus of job placement must become part of the technical college identity. Administrators must attract and retain talented faculty who will be expected to wear many hats, teaching coaching and at the same time is a strategic partner who understands that partnering with administrators is expected to achieve college goals. Lavrukhina, 2012, posited that agriculture in Russia is in a precarious position and drastic changes are needed in the way communities view agriculture. Colleges must work with these communities to change their perception to eradicate the challenges of job placement for agriculture …show more content…
The inability of technical colleges in the United States to reach its job placement rate does not offer for these institutions a sustainable path. Finding solutions to address this problem is essential to increase enrollment and to produce graduates that will meet the demands of industry. Moreover, technical colleges of the United States of America are stumbling on the placement-rate set by the respective states and accrediting bodies. Moreover, the criteria for ascertaining job placement numbers are unclear. On the other hand, technical college’s self-reported figures for job placement poses a problem. Responses from surveying alumni are returning poor results. Finally, the program must be built into the overall experience and built into the community. Administrators must get from employers what are the problems they are attempting to solve; all pieces must be contacted if technical colleges will improve their job placement
Career and technical education courses are intended to prepare high school students to enter the work force in a skilled trade. It equips the students with the experience and education necessary to succeed in an average skill level job while maintaining the student’s interest. In an article that focuses on an aviation CTE program, a “senior policy analyst at the Morrison Institute, said that Career and Technical Education provides another opportunity for students who struggle in high school.” The assumption is that students who struggle in high school presumably do not want another four years of education to attain a bachelor’s degree. Until recently, schools have been excessively geared towards college readiness. The dogma was elementary school, high school, college, without exception. With this “one size fits all” education system in place, a different education course had to evolve. CTE courses offer a break from the tedious grind by introducing career readiness as an alternative. In place of the four years in a college, CTE programs gives student...
Critics argue that “overemphasis on liberal arts can be detrimental to people” and ask “why doesn’t one just go to technical school to get what they are really after?” It’s because most jobs require the mental capacity to adapt as time passes. This mental capacity is obtained through studies of the liberal arts. For example, one might ask: what possible use could an executive IT (information technology) Manager have for a class like history 2393: Japanese history?
1. To cultivate and maintain the position of Northeastern University as a national and international leader in Career Services and Cooperative Education
Attendance at a technical college or local 2-year school was deplorably referenced to as “loser’s territory” and if you dared to enroll in one anyway and followed through to graduation, well you were congratulated but to a lackluster fanfare. Some community college graduates still receive this reception upon exit of a community college but attitudes are definitely changing. Today more than ever, degree-seeking individuals are paving the path to their careers through the entrance and exit doors of community colleges. These well-informed leaders of the new school have realized a smarter way to education; that a bachelor’s degree or taking a traditional route to obtain one is not necessarily the best or right way to be a successful and employable member of society.
Encouragement is a common word throughout this paper. The best thing that can be done about the problem of dwindling enrollment in technical college is to encourage people considering this schooling. Encourage people to look into this type of education, because we do need more Blue Collar workers in our future. Encourage current or past students to talk about their experiences in tech schools with people who are confused about what they want to do in their life. Encourage them that this option is NOT for under achievers, but for over achievers.
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The employment landscape has changed dramatically over the past 30 years. Manufacturing jobs have fallen victim to outsourcing and automation Secondary education has grown unaffordable to the middle class and falls short of the scope of knowledge needed to step into skilled occupations, while taking a significant amount of time to complete. Unemployment is at 6.7 percent, while tech companies clamor for an increase in the cap for H1B Visas to bring in skilled workers from out of the country. Clearly there is a disconnect between our traditional educational institutions and American industry. Something needs to change, and that change needs to be revolutionary, not evolutionary. It is time to rebuild our secondary educational institutions from the ground up. It is time to focus on vocational learning to provide the workforce of the future, here at home.
Graduating can be a very exciting moment in life, but it can be difficult to find jobs after graduating. The loss of jobs has increased since the Great Depression and the
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Education can be a powerful tool for people to use. With the right type and amount of knowledge, most people can accomplish what others dream to do for a living. All over the United States, there are plenty of schools and possibly five or ten times that amount in students that attend them. Each school is unique in certain ways, such as one school might offer AP programs to cater to students who are capable of advancing faster than others. While another school might be focused on getting students into early entry-level positions within their chosen career fields.
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Past data indicates that students have been successful in achieving industry certifications to meet the graduation requirement. However, Mr. Funderburk wants to provide students with more coursework on hardware and software. The state competencies outline the requirements for the class and he feels that too much emphasis is on the industry certification. As he develops the professional growth plan he wants to include other components detailed in the state
Colleges and universities need to be structured so that they prepare students for specific career roles, as well as give them a level of appreciation for the world in which they live. Brewer’s succe...
Despite the challenges that Cynthia Matson faces in her position, she is consistently in the top ten percent of ITT Tech campuses for student job placement and has always made the goal of a minimum 80% job placement rate for new graduates. The key to success in this field is to build a relationship early with students and nurture their goals and desires while working closely with academics to assure students are ready for the workforce. "Companies need people who can come in and get up and running without a lot of investment in time." (Lee, 2001).
Agricultural education can be perceived as “the profession that teaches farming”. However this is far from the truth. This young discipline is much more than sows, cows, and plows. Agricultural education, as I mentioned earlier, is a younger