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July 8, 2008
What are career centers doing to help make students ready for employment after graduation?
by Florence Kizza
Here are some results of a recent survey conducted by the University of Michigan, Dearborn of career centers on 64 campuses:
1) Half of responding campus career centers do not help students find internships, but instead direct them to websites.
2) Only 22 percent of campus career centers were “high-touch,” described as having “a high level of administrative or professor support; [being] well-structured within coursework components, [having] required orientation seminars, [and involving] a high-level of personal interaction.”
Meanwhile, Matthew Zinman reports in his blog, the average cost of six internship credits ranges from $444 for community colleges to $4,446 for private four-year colleges, according to the College Board.
And, an average of only $10.53 per student is allotted to career services at four-year colleges and universities, reports the National Association of Colleges & Employers (NACE).
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